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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, January 2000
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This release contains sensitive economic data not to be released before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2000 CB-00-46 Press Copy FT-900 (00-01) For information on goods contact: Bureau of the Census: Haydn R. Mearkle (301) 457-2246 Nick Orsini (301) 457-2311 For information on services contact: Bureau of Economic Analysis: Technical: Christopher Bach (202) 606-9545 Media: Larry Moran (202) 606-2649 U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES January 2000 Goods and Services The Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total January exports of $84.1 billion and imports of $112.1 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $28.0 billion, $3.4 billion more than the deficit of $24.6 billion in December, revised. January exports were $1.5 billion less than December exports of $85.6 billion. January imports were $1.9 billion more than December imports of $110.2 billion. In January, the goods deficit increased $3.2 billion from December to $34.7 billion, and the services surplus decreased $0.1 billion to $6.7 billion. Exports of goods decreased to $60.4 billion from $61.9 billion, and imports of goods increased to $95.2 billion from $93.4 billion. Exports of services were virtually unchanged at $23.6 billion, and imports of services increased to $16.9 billion from $16.7 billion. Goods The December to January change in exports of goods reflected decreases in capital goods of $0.9 billion (primarily semiconductors and electric apparatus); industrial supplies and materials ($0.3 billion); consumer goods ($0.2 billion); and other goods ($0.1 billion). Increases occurred in foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.1 billion) and automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.1 billion). The December to January change in imports of goods reflected increases in industrial supplies and materials of $0.7 billion (primarily crude oil, fuel oil, and other petroleum products); automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.7 billion); other goods ($0.2 billion); capital goods ($0.2 billion); and consumer goods ($0.1 billion). A decrease occurred in foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.2 billion).Note: Total goods are reported on a balance of payments basis; commodity and country detail for goods are on a Census basis. Definitions are explained in the notes starting on page 26 of this release. Services Services exports in January were virtually the same as in December. Small increases in travel and other private services were offset by a decrease in transfers under U.S. military sales contracts. Services imports increased $0.2 billion from December to January. The increase was more than accounted for by small increases in travel, other private services, and passenger fares. Goods and Services Moving Average For the three months ending in January, exports of goods and services averaged $84.2 billion, while imports of goods and services averaged $110.4 billion, resulting in an average trade deficit of $26.2 billion. For the three months ending in December, the average trade deficit was $25.2 billion, reflecting average exports of $83.8 billion and average imports of $108.9 billion. Selected Not Seasonally Adjusted Goods Details The January figures showed surpluses, in billions of dollars, with Australia $0.5 (for December $0.5), Egypt $0.2 ($0.2) and Argentina $0.1 ($0.2). Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with China -$6.0 (-$5.6), Japan -$5.6 (-$7.0), Canada -$4.3 (-$3.4), Western Europe -$3.6 (-$3.9), OPEC -$2.7 (-$1.2), Mexico -$1.8 (-$0.9), Taiwan -$1.3 (-$1.2), Korea -$1.0 (-$0.8), Singapore -$0.2 (-$0.1), Hong Kong -$0.1 ($0.3), and Brazil -$0.1 ($0.0). Advanced technology products (ATP) exports were $16.4 billion in January and imports were $14.7 billion, resulting in a surplus of $1.7 billion. January exports were $4.0 billion less than the $20.4 billion in December, while imports were $2.4 billion less than the $17.1 billion in December. Revisions Goods carry-over in January was $0.9 billion (1.6 percent) for exports and $1.4 billion (1.6 percent) for imports. For December, revised export carry- over was $0.7 billion (1.1 percent), revised down from $1.0 billion (1.6 percent). For December, revised import carry-over was $0.1 billion (0.1 percent), revised down from $1.1 billion (1.2 percent). Services exports and imports for January through December 1999 were revised to reflect BEA's quarterly U.S. international transactions accounts (ITA's), which were released March 15, 2000 (see the Information on Goods and Services section at the end of this release for the revision policy). For July through December 1999, the revised estimates are based on more complete source data than were available previously. For services exports, the largest revisions were in travel and other private services. For services imports, the largest revisions were in other private services, travel, and direct defense expenditures. In addition, all months of 1999 include revisions from forcing the seasonally adjusted monthly estimates to sum to the quarterly and annual totals in the ITA's. For December, services exports were revised up $0.2 billion; the revision was largely accounted for by a revision in other private services. Services imports were revised down $0.8 billion; the revision is mostly accounted for by revisions in other private services, travel, and direct defense expenditures. Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1 International Trade in Goods and Services. . . . . . ...........4 Exhibit 2 Goods and Services Centered Three - Month Moving Averages.......5 Exhibit 3 U.S. Services by Major Category--Exports . . . . . .............6 Exhibit 4 U.S. Services by Major Category--Imports . . . . . .............7 Exhibit 5 U.S. Trade in Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............8 Exhibit 6 Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category......9 Exhibit 7 Exports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity ............10 Exhibit 8 Imports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity ............12 Exhibit 9 Petroleum and Non-Petroleum End-Use Category Totals ...........14 Exhibit 10 Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category (Constant Dollars) . . . . . . . .....................15 Exhibit 11 Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods, Petroleum and Non- Petroleum End-Use Commodity Category Totals (Constant Dollars).............................................16 Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 12 U.S. Trade in Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............17 Exhibit 13 Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category.....18 Exhibit 14 Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods by Selected Countries and Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........19 Exhibit 15 Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal SITC Commodity Groupings......................................................21 Exhibit 16 Exports, Imports, and Balance of Advanced Technology Products.......................................................23 Exhibit 17 Imports of Energy - Related Petroleum Products, Including Crude Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........24 Exhibit 18 Exports and Imports of Motor Vehicles and Parts By Selected Countries.............................................25 Information on Goods and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........26 SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 1. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Period Total Goods (1) Services 1998 Jan.- Dec. -164,282 -246,932 82,650 Jan.- -9,850 -17,141 7,291 January -9,850 -17,141 7,291 February -10,706 -17,506 6,800 March -12,782 -20,229 7,447 April -13,217 -20,860 7,643 May -14,901 -22,236 7,335 June -13,843 -20,404 6,561 July -14,689 -21,066 6,377 August -15,860 -22,291 6,431 September -15,174 -21,611 6,437 October -14,358 -20,990 6,632 November -14,664 -21,539 6,875 December -14,241 -21,059 6,818 1999 Jan.- Dec. (R) -267,575 -347,158 79,583 Jan.- (R) -16,213 -23,409 7,196 January (R) -16,213 -23,409 7,196 February (R) -18,583 -25,233 6,650 March (R) -19,383 -25,741 6,358 April (R) -18,950 -25,394 6,444 May (R) -21,550 -27,959 6,409 June (R) -24,791 -31,239 6,448 July (R) -25,295 -31,482 6,187 August (R) -23,747 -30,192 6,445 September (R) -23,548 -30,271 6,723 October (R) -24,934 -31,875 6,941 November (R) -25,975 -32,870 6,895 December (R) -24,610 -31,494 6,884 2000 Jan.- -28,003 -34,740 6,737 January -28,003 -34,740 6,737 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month: -25,548 -31,472 5,924 ___________________________________ Exports Period Total Goods (1) Services 1998 Jan.- Dec. 933,907 670,246 263,661 Jan.- 79,397 57,748 21,649 January 79,397 57,748 21,649 February 77,999 56,512 21,487 March 78,436 56,406 22,030 April 78,040 55,330 22,710 May 77,126 54,853 22,273 June 76,723 55,015 21,708 July 75,824 54,164 21,660 August 76,227 54,624 21,603 September 77,234 55,472 21,762 October 79,617 57,193 22,424 November 79,126 56,926 22,200 December 78,161 56,005 22,156 1999 Jan.- Dec. (R) 960,288 683,221 277,067 Jan.- (R) 77,720 55,168 22,552 January (R) 77,720 55,168 22,552 February (R) 76,912 54,609 22,303 March (R) 76,935 54,231 22,704 April (R) 77,950 55,174 22,776 May (R) 77,781 55,026 22,755 June (R) 78,443 55,377 23,066 July (R) 78,798 55,795 23,003 August (R) 82,188 59,044 23,144 September (R) 82,266 58,839 23,427 October (R) 82,711 58,832 23,879 November (R) 83,021 59,184 23,837 December (R) 85,562 61,942 23,620 2000 Jan.- 84,064 60,426 23,638 January 84,064 60,426 23,638 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month: 85,173 61,739 23,434 ___________________________________ Imports Period Total Goods (1) Services 1998 Jan.- Dec. 1,098,189 917,178 181,011 Jan.- 89,247 74,889 14,358 January 89,247 74,889 14,358 February 88,705 74,018 14,687 March 91,217 76,634 14,583 April 91,257 76,190 15,067 May 92,027 77,089 14,938 June 90,566 75,419 15,147 July 90,513 75,230 15,283 August 92,086 76,914 15,172 September 92,409 77,084 15,325 October 93,975 78,183 15,792 November 93,789 78,464 15,325 December 92,402 77,064 15,338 1999 Jan.- Dec. (R) 1,227,863 1,030,379 197,484 Jan.- (R) 93,933 78,577 15,356 January (R) 93,933 78,577 15,356 February (R) 95,494 79,841 15,653 March (R) 96,317 79,971 16,346 April (R) 96,900 80,568 16,332 May (R) 99,331 82,985 16,346 June (R) 103,234 86,616 16,618 July (R) 104,093 87,277 16,816 August (R) 105,935 89,236 16,699 September (R) 105,814 89,110 16,704 October (R) 107,646 90,708 16,938 November (R) 108,995 92,053 16,942 December (R) 110,172 93,436 16,736 2000 Jan.- 112,067 95,166 16,901 January 112,067 95,166 16,901 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month: 110,722 93,212 17,510 (1) Data presented on a Balance of Payments (BOP) Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 2. U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES THREE-MONTH MOVING AVERAGES -- JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Center Month of Moving Total Goods (1) Services Average 1998 January --- --- --- February -11,113 -18,292 7,179 March -12,235 -19,532 7,297 April -13,633 -21,108 7,475 May -13,987 -21,167 7,180 June -14,478 -21,235 6,758 July -14,797 -21,253 6,456 August -15,241 -21,656 6,415 September -15,131 -21,631 6,500 October -14,732 -21,380 6,648 November -14,421 -21,196 6,775 December (R) -15,039 -22,002 6,963 1999 January (R) -16,346 -23,234 6,888 February (R) -18,060 -24,794 6,735 March (R) -18,972 -25,456 6,484 April (R) -19,961 -26,364 6,404 May (R) -21,764 -28,197 6,434 June (R) -23,879 -30,227 6,348 July (R) -24,611 -30,971 6,360 August (R) -24,196 -30,648 6,452 September (R) -24,076 -30,779 6,703 October (R) -24,819 -31,672 6,853 November (R) -25,173 -32,080 6,907 December -26,196 -33,034 6,839 2000 January February March April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________ Exports Center Month of Moving Total Goods (1) Services Average 1998 January --- --- --- February 78,610 56,888 21,722 March 78,158 56,082 22,076 April 77,867 55,529 22,338 May 77,296 55,066 22,230 June 76,558 54,677 21,880 July 76,258 54,601 21,657 August 76,428 54,753 21,675 September 77,693 55,763 21,930 October 78,659 56,530 22,129 November 78,968 56,708 22,260 December (R) 78,335 56,033 22,303 1999 January (R) 77,597 55,260 22,337 February (R) 77,189 54,669 22,520 March (R) 77,266 54,671 22,594 April (R) 77,555 54,810 22,745 May (R) 78,058 55,192 22,866 June (R) 78,341 55,399 22,941 July (R) 79,810 56,739 23,071 August (R) 81,084 57,893 23,191 September (R) 82,389 58,905 23,483 October (R) 82,666 58,952 23,714 November (R) 83,765 59,986 23,779 December 84,216 60,517 23,698 2000 January February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Center Month of Moving Total Goods (1) Services Average 1998 January --- --- --- February 89,723 75,180 14,543 March 90,393 75,614 14,779 April 91,500 76,638 14,863 May 91,283 76,233 15,051 June 91,035 75,913 15,123 July 91,055 75,854 15,201 August 91,669 76,409 15,260 September 92,823 77,394 15,430 October 93,391 77,910 15,481 November 93,389 77,904 15,485 December (R) 93,375 78,035 15,340 1999 January (R) 93,943 78,494 15,449 February (R) 95,248 79,463 15,785 March (R) 96,237 80,127 16,110 April (R) 97,516 81,175 16,341 May (R) 99,821 83,389 16,432 June (R) 102,219 85,626 16,593 July (R) 104,421 87,710 16,711 August (R) 105,281 88,541 16,740 September (R) 106,465 89,685 16,780 October (R) 107,485 90,624 16,861 November (R) 108,938 92,066 16,872 December 110,411 93,552 16,860 2000 January February March April May June July August September October November December Note: The three-month moving averages shown in this exhibit are computed by summing the subject month, the two prior months, dividing by three and showing the average at the center month of the period. Using this method, an average is not available for the current month. A centered moving average is useful in smoothing the volatile trade data so that trends can better be discerned. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 3. U.S. SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY -- EXPORTS JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Total Passenger Other Period Services Travel Fares Transportation 1998 Jan. - Dec. 263,661 71,250 19,996 25,518 Jan. - 21,649 6,118 1,709 2,189 January 21,649 6,118 1,709 2,189 February 21,487 5,967 1,643 2,078 March 22,030 5,818 1,564 2,071 April 22,710 6,370 1,812 2,136 May 22,273 6,050 1,731 2,112 June 21,708 5,840 1,642 2,020 July 21,660 5,662 1,653 2,094 August 21,603 5,718 1,682 2,137 September 21,762 5,769 1,717 2,108 October 22,424 5,953 1,627 2,253 November 22,200 5,904 1,626 2,197 December 22,156 6,081 1,590 2,125 1999 Jan. - Dec. (R) 277,067 74,448 21,123 27,313 Jan. - (R) 22,552 5,971 1,621 2,129 January (R) 22,552 5,971 1,621 2,129 February (R) 22,303 6,029 1,659 2,130 March (R) 22,704 6,130 1,716 2,245 April (R) 22,776 6,181 1,732 2,240 May (R) 22,755 6,095 1,744 2,213 June (R) 23,066 6,153 1,766 2,281 July (R) 23,003 6,141 1,746 2,224 August (R) 23,144 6,091 1,753 2,331 September (R) 23,427 6,379 1,845 2,269 October (R) 23,879 6,587 1,894 2,401 November (R) 23,837 6,451 1,848 2,444 December (R) 23,620 6,241 1,799 2,406 2000 Jan. - 23,638 6,349 1,823 2,399 January 23,638 6,349 1,823 2,399 February March April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________ Exports Continued Royalties Transfers U. S. and Other Under U. S. Government License Private Military Sales Misc. Period Fees Services Contracts Services 1998 Jan. - Dec. 36,808 92,116 17,155 818 Jan. - 2,930 7,327 1,304 72 January 2,930 7,327 1,304 72 February 2,964 7,390 1,371 74 March 2,988 7,585 1,931 73 April 2,992 7,771 1,564 65 May 3,002 7,682 1,633 63 June 3,008 7,843 1,292 63 July 2,966 7,778 1,441 66 August 2,999 7,719 1,282 66 September 3,064 7,781 1,256 67 October 3,266 7,821 1,435 69 November 3,314 7,672 1,417 70 December 3,314 7,747 1,229 70 1999 Jan. - Dec. (R) 37,213 99,357 16,688 925 Jan. - (R) 3,138 7,868 1,757 68 January (R) 3,138 7,868 1,757 68 February (R) 3,099 8,026 1,291 69 March (R) 3,081 8,171 1,292 69 April (R) 3,116 8,148 1,289 70 May (R) 3,117 8,135 1,380 71 June (R) 3,113 8,217 1,430 106 July (R) 3,087 8,352 1,381 72 August (R) 3,082 8,340 1,473 74 September (R) 3,082 8,397 1,378 77 October (R) 3,098 8,480 1,337 82 November (R) 3,100 8,583 1,328 83 December (R) 3,099 8,639 1,352 84 2000 Jan. - 3,102 8,697 1,194 74 January 3,102 8,697 1,194 74 February March April May June July August September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is included in each service category. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 4. U.S. SERVICES BY MAJOR CATEGORY -- IMPORTS JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Total Passenger Other Period Services Travel Fares Transportation 1998 Jan. - Dec. 181,011 56,105 19,797 30,457 Jan. - 14,358 4,561 1,538 2,450 January 14,358 4,561 1,538 2,450 February 14,687 4,600 1,556 2,340 March 14,583 4,575 1,535 2,531 April 15,067 4,779 1,680 2,531 May 14,938 4,643 1,631 2,522 June 15,147 4,746 1,647 2,537 July 15,283 4,696 1,730 2,564 August 15,172 4,640 1,669 2,598 September 15,325 4,734 1,686 2,538 October 15,792 4,832 1,771 2,760 November 15,325 4,602 1,695 2,588 December 15,338 4,697 1,659 2,501 1999 Jan. - Dec. (R) 197,484 60,092 21,305 34,500 Jan. - (R) 15,356 4,731 1,626 2,510 January (R) 15,356 4,731 1,626 2,510 February (R) 15,653 4,879 1,677 2,530 March (R) 16,346 5,205 1,809 2,694 April (R) 16,332 5,047 1,766 2,697 May (R) 16,346 4,941 1,757 2,741 June (R) 16,618 4,941 1,791 2,932 July (R) 16,816 5,057 1,810 2,963 August (R) 16,699 4,944 1,764 3,105 September (R) 16,704 4,956 1,788 3,070 October (R) 16,938 5,226 1,861 3,055 November (R) 16,942 5,137 1,863 3,100 December (R) 16,736 5,028 1,794 3,103 2000 Jan. - 16,901 5,110 1,837 3,067 January 16,901 5,110 1,837 3,067 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Continued Royalties U. S. and Other Direct Government License Private Defense Misc. Period Fees Services Expenditures Services 1998 Jan. - Dec. 11,292 47,670 12,841 2,849 Jan. - 851 3,697 1,036 225 January 851 3,697 1,036 225 February 1,236 3,698 1,033 224 March 868 3,822 1,029 223 April 893 3,954 1,012 218 May 894 4,010 1,017 221 June 907 4,050 1,032 228 July 926 4,046 1,072 249 August 889 4,026 1,093 257 September 906 4,091 1,111 259 October 950 4,108 1,120 251 November 974 4,082 1,135 249 December 999 4,086 1,151 245 1999 Jan. - Dec. (R) 12,437 51,591 14,604 2,955 Jan. - (R) 1,039 4,064 1,157 229 January (R) 1,039 4,064 1,157 229 February (R) 1,060 4,113 1,168 226 March (R) 1,075 4,158 1,178 227 April (R) 1,076 4,321 1,186 239 May (R) 1,069 4,398 1,197 243 June (R) 1,050 4,447 1,210 247 July (R) 1,003 4,461 1,262 260 August (R) 991 4,359 1,273 263 September (R) 991 4,363 1,273 263 October (R) 1,021 4,280 1,240 255 November (R) 1,028 4,330 1,232 252 December (R) 1,034 4,298 1,228 251 2000 Jan. - 1,031 4,372 1,233 251 January 1,031 4,372 1,233 251 February March April May June July August September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES section for details of what is included in each service category. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. Part A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Exhibit 5. U. S. TRADE IN GOODS (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Total Balance Total of Payments Census Period Basis Basis 1998 Jan.- Dec. -246,932 -229,758 Jan.- -17,141 -15,924 January -17,141 -15,924 February -17,506 -16,470 March -20,229 -18,831 April -20,860 -19,875 May -22,236 -21,191 June -20,404 -19,141 July -21,066 -19,732 August -22,291 -20,272 September -21,611 -20,116 October -20,990 -19,191 November -21,539 -19,410 December -21,059 -19,606 1999 Jan.- Dec.(R) -347,158 -330,078 Jan.- (R) -23,409 -22,285 January (R) -23,409 -22,285 February (R) -25,233 -23,907 March (R) -25,741 -24,476 April (R) -25,394 -24,129 May (R) -27,959 -26,603 June (R) -31,239 -29,761 July (R) -31,482 -30,253 August (R) -30,192 -28,869 September (R) -30,271 -28,260 October (R) -31,875 -30,461 November (R) -32,870 -31,272 December (R) -31,494 -29,803 2000 Jan.- -34,740 -33,044 January -34,740 -33,044 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month. -31,472 -29,753 ___________________________________ Exports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 682,138 Jan.- 57,748 -637 58,385 January 57,748 -637 58,385 February 56,512 -808 57,320 March 56,406 -887 57,292 April 55,330 -660 55,990 May 54,853 -754 55,607 June 55,015 -905 55,920 July 54,164 -973 55,137 August 54,624 -1,320 55,943 September 55,472 -946 56,419 October 57,193 -1,208 58,401 November 56,926 -1,608 58,533 December 56,005 -1,186 57,191 1999 Jan.- Dec. (R) 683,221 -11,993 695,213 Jan.- (R) 55,168 -953 56,121 January (R) 55,168 -953 56,121 February (R) 54,609 -1,113 55,721 March (R) 54,231 -1,038 55,269 April (R) 55,174 -994 56,168 May (R) 55,026 -1,143 56,169 June (R) 55,377 -1,202 56,578 July (R) 55,795 -1,032 56,827 August (R) 59,044 -855 59,900 September (R) 58,839 -1,149 59,988 October (R) 58,832 -900 59,732 November (R) 59,184 -676 59,860 December (R) 61,942 -938 62,880 2000 Jan.- 60,426 -1,013 61,439 January 60,426 -1,013 61,439 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month. 61,739 -934 62,673 ___________________________________ Imports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 911,896 Jan.- 74,889 580 74,309 January 74,889 580 74,309 February 74,018 228 73,790 March 76,634 511 76,124 April 76,190 325 75,865 May 77,089 291 76,799 June 75,419 358 75,061 July 75,230 361 74,868 August 76,914 699 76,215 September 77,084 549 76,535 October 78,183 592 77,591 November 78,464 522 77,943 December 77,064 267 76,797 1999 Jan.- Dec. (R) 1,030,379 5,087 1,025,292 Jan.- (R) 78,577 171 78,406 January (R) 78,577 171 78,406 February (R) 79,841 213 79,629 March (R) 79,971 226 79,745 April (R) 80,568 271 80,297 May (R) 82,985 213 82,772 June (R) 86,616 277 86,339 July (R) 87,277 197 87,080 August (R) 89,236 468 88,768 September (R) 89,110 863 88,247 October (R) 90,708 514 90,193 November (R) 92,053 922 91,132 December (R) 93,436 753 92,683 2000 Jan.- 95,166 683 94,483 January 95,166 683 94,483 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month. 93,212 786 92,426 NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 6. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Exports Total End-Use Commodity Category Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds, Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 683,221 -11,993 695,213 45,366 147,019 Jan.- (R) 55,168 -953 56,121 3,627 11,252 January (R) 55,168 -953 56,121 3,627 11,252 February (R) 54,609 -1,113 55,721 3,588 11,366 March (R) 54,231 -1,038 55,269 3,545 11,413 April (R) 55,174 -994 56,168 3,727 11,589 May (R) 55,026 -1,143 56,169 3,722 11,730 June (R) 55,377 -1,202 56,578 3,828 11,704 July (R) 55,795 -1,032 56,827 3,799 11,511 August (R) 59,044 -855 59,900 3,919 12,506 September (R) 58,839 -1,149 59,988 4,018 13,110 October (R) 58,832 -900 59,732 4,025 13,296 November (R) 59,184 -676 59,860 3,703 13,804 December (R) 61,942 -938 62,880 3,864 13,737 2000 Jan.- 60,426 -1,013 61,439 3,950 13,391 January 60,426 -1,013 61,439 3,950 13,391 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Exports Continued Total End-Use Commodity Category Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, et Goods Goods 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 695,213 310,663 74,691 80,627 36,848 Jan.-(R) 56,121 25,576 6,039 6,562 3,065 January (R) 56,121 25,576 6,039 6,562 3,065 February (R) 55,721 24,852 5,958 6,794 3,162 March (R) 55,269 24,857 5,835 6,507 3,112 April (R) 56,168 25,042 6,164 6,727 2,918 May (R) 56,169 24,911 6,076 6,490 3,239 June (R) 56,578 24,799 6,490 6,533 3,224 July (R) 56,827 25,698 6,087 6,643 3,089 August (R) 59,900 27,314 6,681 6,571 2,908 September (R) 59,988 26,680 6,193 6,901 3,085 October (R) 59,732 26,316 6,301 6,738 3,057 November (R) 59,860 26,222 6,240 6,902 2,990 December (R) 62,880 28,395 6,627 7,259 2,999 2000 Jan.- 61,439 27,512 6,701 7,028 2,858 January 61,439 27,512 6,701 7,028 2,858 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Total End-Use Commodity Category Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds, Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 1,030,379 5,087 1,025,292 43,588 221,629 Jan.- (R) 78,577 171 78,406 3,525 15,540 January (R) 78,577 171 78,406 3,525 15,540 February (R) 79,841 213 79,629 3,513 15,390 March (R) 79,971 226 79,745 3,381 16,040 April (R) 80,568 271 80,297 3,546 16,967 May (R) 82,985 213 82,772 3,632 17,977 June (R) 86,616 277 86,339 3,757 18,201 July (R) 87,277 197 87,080 3,671 18,672 August (R) 89,236 468 88,768 3,667 19,934 September (R) 89,110 863 88,247 3,707 20,254 October (R) 90,708 514 90,193 3,634 20,842 November (R) 92,053 922 91,132 3,722 20,703 December (R) 93,436 753 92,683 3,832 21,108 2000 Jan.- 95,166 683 94,483 3,631 21,858 January 95,166 683 94,483 3,631 21,858 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Continued Total End-Use Commodity Category Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, et Goods Goods 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 1,025,292 296,898 179,697 239,587 43,893 Jan.- (R) 78,406 23,090 13,955 18,901 3,395 January (R) 78,406 23,090 13,955 18,901 3,395 February (R) 79,629 23,652 14,271 19,436 3,366 March (R) 79,745 23,046 14,577 18,915 3,786 April (R) 80,297 23,286 13,672 19,341 3,485 May (R) 82,772 24,206 14,553 18,898 3,505 June (R) 86,339 25,467 15,439 19,909 3,565 July (R) 87,080 25,499 15,432 20,194 3,612 August (R) 88,768 25,141 15,693 20,236 4,098 September (R) 88,247 24,935 15,325 20,256 3,771 October (R) 90,193 25,851 15,040 20,919 3,907 November (R) 91,132 26,274 15,515 21,188 3,730 December (R) 92,683 26,453 16,223 21,394 3,673 2000 Jan.- 94,483 26,660 16,900 21,513 3,921 January 94,483 26,660 16,900 21,513 3,921 February March April May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 7. EXPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) Item(1) January December Monthly 2000 1999 (R) Change Total, Balance Of Payments Basis 60,426 61,942 -1,516 Net Adjustments -1,013 -938 -75 Total, Census Basis 61,439 62,880 -1,441 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,950 3,864 86 Meat, poultry, etc. 750 645 104 Corn 418 356 62 Rice 107 81 26 Soybeans 397 375 21 Wine and related products 83 63 21 Sorghum, barley, oats 71 58 13 Oilseeds, food oils 108 97 11 Nuts 122 111 11 Fish and shellfish 226 228 -2 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 35 44 -9 Fruits, frozen juices 330 341 -11 Bakery products 147 160 -12 Dairy products and eggs 49 65 -16 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 38 54 -16 Vegetables 232 253 -21 Other foods 312 333 -21 Wheat 255 293 -39 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 269 308 -39 Industrial supplies and materials 13,391 13,737 -347 Chemicals-organic 1,144 1,342 -197 Plastic materials 1,012 1,132 -120 Other industrial supplies 1,171 1,240 -69 Fuel oil 191 252 -61 Petroleum products, other 523 584 -61 Nonmonetary gold 730 783 -53 Mineral supplies-manufactured 270 311 -41 Chemicals-other 1,042 1,070 -28 Tapes, audio and visual 110 137 -27 Manmade cloth 328 354 -26 Nonferrous metals, other 175 201 -26 Industrial rubber products 203 225 -22 Aluminum and alumina 284 304 -20 Chemicals-inorganic 310 327 -17 Leather and furs 71 84 -13 Iron and steel products, other 239 251 -12 Finished metal shapes 775 784 -9 Finished textile supplies 143 151 -7 Wood supplies, manufactured 82 88 -6 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 126 131 -6 Cotton, raw 147 150 -3 Hides and skins 104 106 -2 Hair, waste materials 41 43 -2 Gas-natural 22 23 -1 Shingles, molding, wallboard 167 168 -1 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 66 66 (-) Nonmetallic minerals 35 35 (-) Steelmaking materials 138 137 2 Coal and fuels, other 98 96 2 Nuclear fuel materials 84 82 2 Nontextile floor tiles 36 33 3 Electric energy 24 21 3 Agriculture-manufactured, other 97 91 6 Synthetic rubber-primary 129 122 6 Cotton fiber cloth 167 159 8 Copper 104 93 11 Pulpwood and woodpulp 385 373 12 Newsprint 768 756 13 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 114 94 20 Crude oil 135 113 22 Natural gas liquids 93 63 30 Logs and lumber 377 346 31 Iron and steel mill products 301 269 32 Metallurgical grade coal 128 91 37 Tobacco, unmanufactured 120 67 53 Chemicals-fertilizers 357 278 79 Precious metals, other 224 112 112 Capital goods, except automotive 27,512 28,395 -883 Semiconductors 4,231 4,586 -355 Electric apparatus 2,027 2,251 -223 Computer accessories 3,031 3,195 -164 Civilian aircraft 2,593 2,721 -128 Engines-civilian aircraft 882 1,007 -125 Drilling & oilfield equipment 322 415 -92 Industrial engines 1,008 1,091 -83 Generators, accessories 469 550 -81 Medicinal equipment 1,030 1,110 -80 Computers 785 843 -58 Business machines and equipment 234 279 -44 Photo, service industry machinery 507 547 -40 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,074 1,114 -40 Agricultural machinery, equipment 259 295 -37 Railway transportation equipment 103 135 -31 Food, tobacco machinery 141 159 -19 Marine engines, parts 52 67 -15 Specialized mining 33 46 -13 Nonfarm tractors and parts 94 105 -11 Textile, sewing machines 89 97 -8 Measuring, testing, control instru. 1,180 1,183 -2 Spacecraft, exc. military 2 2 (-) Vessels, exc. scrap 1 1 (-) Wood, glass, plastic 266 249 18 Materials handling equipment 403 380 24 Laboratory testing instruments 394 370 24 Metalworking machine tools 562 537 25 Pulp and paper machinery 283 243 40 Commercial vessels, other 72 9 62 Excavating machinery 581 497 84 Telecommunications equipment 2,631 2,403 228 Industrial machines, other 2,171 1,909 262 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 6,701 6,627 74 Consumer goods 7,028 7,259 -231 Stereo equipment, etc. 177 285 -108 Household appliances 395 485 -90 Gem diamonds 282 334 -51 Records, tapes, and disks 300 336 -36 Other household goods 537 569 -32 Tobacco, manufactured 276 308 -32 Pharmaceutical preparations 983 1,013 -30 Toiletries and cosmetics 264 289 -25 Toys/games/sporting goods 515 534 -19 Books, printed matter 341 357 -16 Pleasure boats and motors 91 105 -15 Cookware, cutlery, tools 63 69 -6 Musical instruments 90 96 -5 Glassware, chinaware 45 50 -4 Furniture, household goods, etc. 198 201 -3 Nursery stock, etc. 26 29 -3 Sports apparel and gear 40 41 -1 Numismatic coins 6 7 (-) Rugs 118 115 3 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 128 121 8 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 350 312 38 Writing and art supplies 464 422 42 Jewelry, etc 210 168 42 Apparel, household goods - textile 741 689 51 TV's, VCR's, etc. 385 325 60 Other goods 2,858 2,999 -140 ____________________________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 2000 1999 (R) Change Total, Balance Of Payments Basis 60,426 55,168 5,258 Net Adjustments -1,013 -953 -60 Total, Census Basis 61,439 56,121 5,318 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,950 3,627 322 Meat, poultry, etc. 750 534 216 Corn 418 348 70 Rice 107 114 -7 Soybeans 397 354 42 Wine and related products 83 73 10 Sorghum, barley, oats 71 56 15 Oilseeds, food oils 108 127 -19 Nuts 122 122 1 Fish and shellfish 226 216 11 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 35 32 2 Fruits, frozen juices 330 329 1 Bakery products 147 146 2 Dairy products and eggs 49 45 4 Alcoholic beverages, exc. wine 38 40 -2 Vegetables 232 242 -10 Other foods 312 303 9 Wheat 255 299 -45 Animal feeds, n.e.c. 269 249 20 Industrial supplies and materials 13,391 11,252 2,138 Chemicals-organic 1,144 1,056 88 Plastic materials 1,012 897 115 Other industrial supplies 1,171 1,016 154 Fuel oil 191 88 103 Petroleum products, other 523 391 133 Nonmonetary gold 730 225 505 Mineral supplies-manufactured 270 228 42 Chemicals-other 1,042 932 110 Tapes, audio and visual 110 171 -61 Manmade cloth 328 300 28 Nonferrous metals, other 175 152 24 Industrial rubber products 203 171 31 Aluminum and alumina 284 291 -8 Chemicals-inorganic 310 273 38 Leather and furs 71 70 1 Iron and steel products, other 239 215 23 Finished metal shapes 775 662 113 Finished textile supplies 143 144 -1 Wood supplies, manufactured 82 72 10 Agric. industry-unmanufactured 126 151 -25 Cotton, raw 147 40 107 Hides and skins 104 93 11 Hair, waste materials 41 39 2 Gas-natural 22 18 3 Shingles, molding, wallboard 167 157 9 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 66 65 1 Nonmetallic minerals 35 29 6 Steelmaking materials 138 83 55 Coal and fuels, other 98 108 -10 Nuclear fuel materials 84 111 -27 Nontextile floor tiles 36 29 6 Electric energy 24 13 11 Agriculture-manufactured, other 97 98 -1 Synthetic rubber-primary 129 104 25 Cotton fiber cloth 167 140 27 Copper 104 80 23 Pulpwood and woodpulp 385 281 104 Newsprint 768 660 109 Agric. farming-unmanufactured 114 101 12 Crude oil 135 44 91 Natural gas liquids 93 41 52 Logs and lumber 377 352 25 Iron and steel mill products 301 215 86 Metallurgical grade coal 128 124 4 Tobacco, unmanufactured 120 120 (-) Chemicals-fertilizers 357 416 -59 Precious metals, other 224 183 41 Capital goods, except automotive 27,512 25,576 1,936 Semiconductors 4,231 3,460 771 Electric apparatus 2,027 1,758 270 Computer accessories 3,031 2,973 58 Civilian aircraft 2,593 3,262 -669 Engines-civilian aircraft 882 830 52 Drilling & oilfield equipment 322 462 -140 Industrial engines 1,008 1,048 -40 Generators, accessories 469 522 -53 Medicinal equipment 1,030 987 42 Computers 785 787 -2 Business machines and equipment 234 240 -6 Photo, service industry machinery 507 503 4 Parts-civilian aircraft 1,074 1,111 -37 Agricultural machinery, equipment 259 271 -12 Railway transportation equipment 103 171 -68 Food, tobacco machinery 141 151 -10 Marine engines, parts 52 48 5 Specialized mining 33 28 5 Nonfarm tractors and parts 94 99 -4 Textile, sewing machines 89 93 -4 Measuring, testing, control instru. 1,180 1,000 181 Spacecraft, exc. military 2 0 2 Vessels, exc. scrap 1 1 1 Wood, glass, plastic 266 221 46 Materials handling equipment 403 356 48 Laboratory testing instruments 394 329 65 Metalworking machine tools 562 444 118 Pulp and paper machinery 283 255 28 Commercial vessels, other 72 47 25 Excavating machinery 581 426 155 Telecommunications equipment 2,631 2,175 456 Industrial machines, other 2,171 1,519 652 Auto, vehicles, parts and engines 6,701 6,039 662 Consumer goods 7,028 6,562 466 Stereo equipment, etc. 177 123 54 Household appliances 395 411 -16 Gem diamonds 282 286 -4 Records, tapes, and disks 300 317 -17 Other household goods 537 455 83 Tobacco, manufactured 276 345 -68 Pharmaceutical preparations 983 932 51 Toiletries and cosmetics 264 283 -19 Toys/games/sporting goods 515 476 38 Books, printed matter 341 341 (-) Pleasure boats and motors 91 108 -17 Cookware, cutlery, tools 63 54 9 Musical instruments 90 78 12 Glassware, chinaware 45 42 3 Furniture, household goods, etc. 198 182 16 Nursery stock, etc. 26 25 1 Sports apparel and gear 40 36 4 Numismatic coins 6 7 (-) Rugs 118 116 2 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 128 125 3 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 350 235 115 Writing and art supplies 464 392 73 Jewelry, etc 210 170 39 Apparel, household goods - textile 741 768 -27 TV's, VCR's, etc. 385 254 131 Other goods 2,858 3,065 -207 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 8. IMPORTS OF GOODS BY END-USE CATEGORY AND COMMODITY (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The commodities in this exhibit are ranked on the month-to-month change within each major commodity grouping. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised.) Item(1) January December Monthly 2000 1999 (R) Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 95,166 93,436 1,729 Net Adjustments 683 753 -70 Total, Census Basis 94,483 92,683 1,800 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,631 3,832 -201 Fish and shellfish 729 822 -93 Fruits, frozen juices 361 406 -44 Meat products 374 410 -36 Cane and beet sugar 14 49 -35 Vegetables 264 288 -23 Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine 257 278 -21 Feedstuff and foodgrains 106 123 -17 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 40 48 -8 Nuts 64 71 -7 Food oils, oilseeds 113 116 -3 Green coffee 215 218 -2 Cocoa beans 52 54 -2 Tea, spices, etc. 67 68 -1 Bakery products 239 235 4 Other foods 250 240 10 Dairy products and eggs 87 71 16 Wine and related products 399 337 62 Industrial supplies and materials 21,858 21,108 749 Crude oil 5,822 5,408 414 Fuel oil 822 560 262 Petroleum products, other 893 646 247 Bauxite and aluminum 639 541 99 Copper 250 190 60 Chemicals-inorganic 396 353 43 Industrial supplies, other 1,118 1,082 36 Shingles, wallboard 618 584 34 Nickel 107 75 32 Plywood and veneers 131 102 30 Lumber 695 670 24 Natural rubber 83 60 24 Cotton cloth, fabrics 225 203 23 Paper and paper products 551 530 21 Iron and steel, advanced 375 356 19 Finished metal shapes 558 541 17 Synthetic cloth 380 365 15 Blank tapes, audio & visual 236 222 14 Newsprint 288 276 12 Chemicals-fertilizers 246 235 11 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 42 30 11 Finished textile supplies 165 154 11 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 266 255 11 Nontextile floor tiles 163 154 9 Materials, exc. chemicals 144 136 8 Coal and related fuels 63 55 8 Nonferrous metals, other 149 144 5 Wool, silk, etc. 70 65 5 Hair, waste materials 39 35 5 Synthetic rubber--primary 105 101 4 Cotton, natural fibers 13 9 4 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 56 53 3 Hides and skins 14 11 3 Zinc 113 110 3 Leather and furs 85 83 2 Pulpwood and woodpulp 266 265 1 Tin 27 27 1 Gas-natural 628 632 -3 Liquified petroleum gases 333 336 -3 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 360 364 -5 Electric energy 107 113 -6 Nonmonetary gold 221 233 -11 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 457 472 -14 Plastic materials 581 604 -23 Nuclear fuel materials 160 193 -33 Tobacco, waxes, etc 287 341 -55 Steelmaking materials 293 350 -58 Iron and steel mill products 896 958 -63 Farming materials, livestock 74 173 -99 Other precious metals 402 566 -164 Chemicals-organic 847 1,088 -242 Capital goods, except automotive 26,660 26,453 207 Computers 1,096 997 99 Electric apparatus 2,211 2,143 68 Telecommunications equipment 2,566 2,505 61 Generators, accessories 897 842 55 Measuring, testing, control instru 761 707 53 Computer accessories 5,872 5,823 49 Industrial engines 814 767 47 Industrial machines, other 1,410 1,364 47 Business machines and equipment 565 526 38 Pulp and paper machinery 362 337 25 Parts-civilian aircraft 416 393 22 Excavating machinery 391 370 21 Laboratory testing instruments 217 199 18 Marine engines, parts 83 70 14 Metalworking machine tools 651 639 13 Nonfarm tractors and parts 75 65 10 Textile, sewing machines 147 139 7 Materials handling equipment 512 505 7 Commercial vessels, other 3 1 1 Specialized mining 27 26 1 Food, tobacco machinery 116 115 1 Vessels, except scrap 0 0 (-) Wood, glass, plastic 414 423 -9 Drilling & oilfield equipment 74 84 -10 Spacecraft, exc. military 1 14 -13 Medicinal equipment 812 830 -18 Engines-civilian aircraft 687 709 -21 Agricultural machinery, equipment 339 361 -22 Railway transpor. equipment 104 172 -68 Photo, service industry 695 768 -73 Civilian aircraft 730 833 -103 Semiconductors 3,610 3,724 -114 Auto. vehicles, parts and engines 16,900 16,223 677 Consumer goods 21,513 21,394 119 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 786 539 247 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,765 1,597 168 Stereo equipment, etc 807 757 51 TV's, VCR's, etc 1,684 1,635 49 Motorcycles and parts 203 161 42 Writing and art supplies 803 770 34 Other household goods 1,607 1,575 32 Nursery stock, etc. 104 88 16 Photo equipment 214 202 12 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,068 1,056 11 Household appliances 697 686 11 Pleasure boats and motors 155 146 8 Records, tapes, and disks 118 111 7 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 517 512 5 Books, printed matter 262 257 4 Musical instruments 124 121 3 Gem stones, other 139 136 3 Rugs 108 108 -1 Glassware, chinaware 183 186 -3 Toiletries and cosmetics 253 260 -8 Numismatic coins 15 28 -12 Cookware, cutlery, tools 359 376 -17 Apparel, household goods - wool 271 293 -22 Camping apparel and gear 443 472 -29 Jewelry 726 757 -30 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto 1,942 1,985 -43 Footwear 977 1,028 -51 Apparel, household goods - cotton 2,660 2,736 -76 Pharmaceutical prep 1,636 1,774 -138 Gem diamonds 887 1,040 -154 Other Goods 3,921 3,673 248 ___________________________________ Item(1) Year-to-date Year-to-date Year-to-date 2000 1999 (R) Change Total, Balance of Payments Basis 95,166 78,577 16,588 Net Adjustments 683 171 512 Total, Census Basis 94,483 78,406 16,077 Foods, feeds, and beverages 3,631 3,525 105 Fish and shellfish 729 700 29 Fruits, frozen juices 361 394 -32 Meat products 374 309 65 Cane and beet sugar 14 54 -39 Vegetables 264 305 -41 Alcoholic bevs, exc. wine 257 207 50 Feedstuff and foodgrains 106 120 -14 Nonagricultural foods, etc. 40 40 (-) Nuts 64 63 1 Food oils, oilseeds 113 119 -6 Green coffee 215 210 6 Cocoa beans 52 97 -45 Tea, spices, etc. 67 56 11 Bakery products 239 206 32 Other foods 250 221 29 Dairy products and eggs 87 92 -5 Wine and related products 399 332 66 Industrial supplies and materials 21,858 15,540 6,318 Crude oil 5,822 2,633 3,189 Fuel oil 822 386 436 Petroleum products, other 893 363 531 Bauxite and aluminum 639 498 141 Copper 250 199 51 Chemicals-inorganic 396 341 55 Industrial supplies, other 1,118 923 195 Shingles, wallboard 618 486 131 Nickel 107 61 46 Plywood and veneers 131 91 40 Lumber 695 586 108 Natural rubber 83 63 20 Cotton cloth, fabrics 225 181 44 Paper and paper products 551 413 138 Iron and steel, advanced 375 330 45 Finished metal shapes 558 457 101 Synthetic cloth 380 333 47 Blank tapes, audio & visual 236 164 72 Newsprint 288 321 -33 Chemicals-fertilizers 246 254 -8 Sulfur, nonmetallic minerals 42 38 3 Finished textile supplies 165 137 28 Stone, sand, cement, etc. 266 229 37 Nontextile floor tiles 163 138 25 Materials, exc. chemicals 144 135 9 Coal and related fuels 63 58 4 Nonferrous metals, other 149 135 14 Wool, silk, etc. 70 69 1 Hair, waste materials 39 33 6 Synthetic rubber--primary 105 97 8 Cotton, natural fibers 13 17 -4 Glass-plate, sheet, etc. 56 38 18 Hides and skins 14 13 2 Zinc 113 102 11 Leather and furs 85 73 13 Pulpwood and woodpulp 266 188 78 Tin 27 17 10 Gas-natural 628 427 201 Liquified petroleum gases 333 163 170 Iron and steel products, n.e.c. 360 341 18 Electric energy 107 91 17 Nonmonetary gold 221 297 -76 Chemicals-other, n.e.c. 457 413 45 Plastic materials 581 478 103 Nuclear fuel materials 160 86 74 Tobacco, waxes, etc 287 273 14 Steelmaking materials 293 249 44 Iron and steel mill products 896 822 74 Farming materials, livestock 74 59 14 Other precious metals 402 325 76 Chemicals-organic 847 914 -68 Capital goods, except automotive 26,660 23,090 3,570 Computers 1,096 756 341 Electric apparatus 2,211 1,737 474 Telecommunications equipment 2,566 1,483 1,083 Generators, accessories 897 826 71 Measuring, testing, control instru 761 607 154 Computer accessories 5,872 5,663 209 Industrial engines 814 650 164 Industrial machines, other 1,410 1,109 301 Business machines and equipment 565 591 -26 Pulp and paper machinery 362 353 9 Parts-civilian aircraft 416 485 -69 Excavating machinery 391 468 -76 Laboratory testing instruments 217 168 49 Marine engines, parts 83 74 9 Metalworking machine tools 651 660 -9 Nonfarm tractors and parts 75 66 9 Textile, sewing machines 147 181 -34 Materials handling equipment 512 473 39 Commercial vessels, other 3 2 1 Specialized mining 27 27 -1 Food, tobacco machinery 116 129 -14 Vessels, except scrap 0 0 (-) Wood, glass, plastic 414 434 -20 Drilling & oilfield equipment 74 76 -2 Spacecraft, exc. military 1 6 -5 Medicinal equipment 812 725 87 Engines-civilian aircraft 687 789 -102 Agricultural machinery, equipment 339 346 -6 Railway transpor. equipment 104 195 -91 Photo, service industry 695 634 61 Civilian aircraft 730 630 100 Semiconductors 3,610 2,746 864 Auto. vehicles, parts and engines 16,900 13,955 2,945 Consumer goods 21,513 18,901 2,612 Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. 786 564 222 Toys/games/sporting goods 1,765 1,603 162 Stereo equipment, etc 807 643 164 TV's, VCR's, etc 1,684 1,202 482 Motorcycles and parts 203 129 74 Writing and art supplies 803 658 145 Other household goods 1,607 1,352 255 Nursery stock, etc. 104 85 19 Photo equipment 214 181 33 Furniture, household goods, etc. 1,068 914 154 Household appliances 697 533 164 Pleasure boats and motors 155 140 15 Records, tapes, and disks 118 86 32 Apparel,household goods-nontextile 517 458 59 Books, printed matter 262 233 29 Musical instruments 124 103 21 Gem stones, other 139 113 26 Rugs 108 103 5 Glassware, chinaware 183 177 6 Toiletries and cosmetics 253 208 45 Numismatic coins 15 27 -12 Cookware, cutlery, tools 359 309 51 Apparel, household goods - wool 271 280 -9 Camping apparel and gear 443 438 4 Jewelry 726 635 91 Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotto 1,942 1,803 139 Footwear 977 936 40 Apparel, household goods - cotton 2,660 2,486 174 Pharmaceutical prep 1,636 1,811 -175 Gem diamonds 887 691 196 Other Goods 3,921 3,395 526 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 9. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE CATEGORY TOTALS, JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1999 Jan.-Dec. (R) -347,158 -17,080 -59,080 -270,998 Jan.- (R) -23,409 -1,124 -2,981 -19,304 January (R) -23,409 -1,124 -2,981 -19,304 February (R) -25,233 -1,325 -2,879 -21,028 March (R) -25,741 -1,264 -3,167 -21,309 April (R) -25,394 -1,265 -4,008 -20,121 May (R) -27,959 -1,356 -4,982 -21,622 June (R) -31,239 -1,479 -4,924 -24,837 July (R) -31,482 -1,229 -5,237 -25,016 August (R) -30,192 -1,323 -5,927 -22,942 September (R) -30,271 -2,012 -6,258 -22,001 October (R) -31,875 -1,414 -6,545 -23,916 November (R) -32,870 -1,598 -6,234 -25,038 December (R) -31,494 -1,691 -5,938 -23,865 2000 Jan.- -34,740 -1,696 -6,927 -26,116 January -34,740 -1,696 -6,927 -26,116 February March April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________ Exports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 683,221 -11,993 8,618 686,595 Jan.- (R) 55,168 -953 563 55,558 January (R) 55,168 -953 563 55,558 February (R) 54,609 -1,113 509 55,212 March (R) 54,231 -1,038 547 54,722 April (R) 55,174 -994 669 55,499 May (R) 55,026 -1,143 694 55,475 June (R) 55,377 -1,202 694 55,884 July (R) 55,795 -1,032 654 56,174 August (R) 59,044 -855 751 59,148 September (R) 58,839 -1,149 801 59,186 October (R) 58,832 -900 875 58,857 November (R) 59,184 -676 849 59,011 December (R) 61,942 -938 1,012 61,868 2000 Jan.- 60,426 -1,013 942 60,497 January 60,426 -1,013 942 60,497 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Net Non Period Total Adjustments Petroleum (1) petroleum 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 1,030,379 5,087 67,699 957,593 Jan.- (R) 78,577 171 3,544 74,862 January (R) 78,577 171 3,544 74,862 February (R) 79,841 213 3,389 76,240 March (R) 79,971 226 3,714 76,031 April (R) 80,568 271 4,677 75,620 May (R) 82,985 213 5,676 77,096 June (R) 86,616 277 5,618 80,721 July (R) 87,277 197 5,891 81,189 August (R) 89,236 468 6,678 82,090 September (R) 89,110 863 7,060 81,188 October (R) 90,708 514 7,420 82,774 November (R) 92,053 922 7,082 84,050 December (R) 93,436 753 6,951 85,732 2000 Jan.- 95,166 683 7,870 86,613 January 95,166 683 7,870 86,613 February March April May June July August September October November December NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. (1) The petroleum products aggregated in the end-use commodity classification system include virtually the same energy related petroleum products as those aggregated in the SITC. The end-use petroleum products, however, include some products such as ethane, butane, benzene and toluene, which are included in "Manufactured Goods". SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 10. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY (CONSTANT DOLLARS BASIS): JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 2000 1992 CONSTANT DOLLAR BASIS (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The values in this exhibit are subject to periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for the monthly deflators. (R) Revised) Exports Total Foods, Census Feeds, & Industrial Capital Period Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) Goods 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 930,387 45,712 140,611 561,941 Jan.- (R) 73,230 3,486 10,935 43,935 January (R) 73,230 3,486 10,935 43,935 February (R) 72,930 3,542 11,037 43,232 March (R) 72,998 3,572 11,127 43,612 April (R) 75,073 3,748 11,264 45,035 May (R) 75,475 3,734 11,309 45,422 June (R) 76,307 3,835 11,300 45,779 July (R) 77,973 3,917 11,000 48,062 August (R) 80,906 3,983 11,926 49,669 September (R) 81,030 4,090 12,592 48,998 October (R) 79,206 4,109 12,351 47,565 November (R) 80,593 3,755 12,989 48,626 December (R) 84,666 3,940 12,781 52,006 2000 Jan.- 81,794 4,026 12,451 49,681 January 81,794 4,026 12,451 49,681 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Exports Continued Total Census Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Vehicles etc. Goods Goods 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 930,387 70,632 76,829 34,663 Jan.- (R) 73,230 5,735 6,258 2,881 January (R) 73,230 5,735 6,258 2,881 February (R) 72,930 5,646 6,493 2,980 March (R) 72,998 5,530 6,213 2,944 April (R) 75,073 5,838 6,432 2,757 May (R) 75,475 5,754 6,200 3,055 June (R) 76,307 6,137 6,217 3,039 July (R) 77,973 5,762 6,320 2,912 August (R) 80,906 6,320 6,274 2,734 September (R) 81,030 5,859 6,578 2,913 October (R) 79,206 5,932 6,399 2,851 November (R) 80,593 5,867 6,557 2,799 December (R) 84,666 6,253 6,888 2,798 2000 Jan.- 81,794 6,299 6,668 2,668 January 81,794 6,299 6,668 2,668 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Total Foods, Census Feeds, & Industrial Capital Period Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) Goods 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 1,328,272 41,900 223,292 620,019 Jan.- (R) 100,855 3,247 18,293 44,713 January (R) 100,855 3,247 18,293 44,713 February (R) 103,717 3,386 17,871 47,076 March (R) 103,543 3,274 18,189 46,482 April (R) 105,438 3,386 18,289 48,767 May (R) 108,319 3,434 18,679 50,833 June (R) 113,396 3,626 18,939 53,583 July (R) 114,388 3,550 18,580 54,697 August (R) 114,956 3,566 19,173 53,923 September (R) 112,174 3,599 18,868 52,065 October (R) 115,469 3,609 18,970 54,742 November (R) 117,477 3,633 18,747 56,421 December (R) 118,541 3,590 18,694 56,718 2000 Jan.- 120,272 3,453 19,069 57,142 January 120,272 3,453 19,069 57,142 February March April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________ Imports Continued Total Census Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Vehicles etc. Goods Goods 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 1,328,272 162,112 238,694 42,257 Jan.- (R) 100,855 12,644 18,699 3,259 January (R) 100,855 12,644 18,699 3,259 February (R) 103,717 12,904 19,245 3,235 March (R) 103,543 13,178 18,770 3,649 April (R) 105,438 12,367 19,264 3,365 May (R) 108,319 13,111 18,885 3,378 June (R) 113,396 13,910 19,895 3,442 July (R) 114,388 13,912 20,172 3,478 August (R) 114,956 14,137 20,206 3,950 September (R) 112,174 13,828 20,186 3,629 October (R) 115,469 13,550 20,838 3,760 November (R) 117,477 13,974 21,118 3,585 December (R) 118,541 14,597 21,416 3,526 2000 Jan.- 120,272 15,200 21,635 3,773 January 120,272 15,200 21,635 3,773 February March April May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART A: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 11. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS, PETROLEUM AND NON-PETROLEUM END-USE COMMODITY CATEGORY TOTALS (CONSTANT DOLLARS BASIS): JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 2000 1992 CONSTANT DOLLAR BASIS (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to seasonal adjustment and rounding. The values in this exhibit are subject to periodic change, reflecting revisions to the source information for the monthly deflators. (R) Revised) Trade Balance Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. -285,693 -65,537 -220,156 Jan.- -19,436 -5,036 -14,400 January -19,436 -5,036 -14,400 February -20,622 -5,054 -15,569 March -23,655 -5,206 -18,449 April -24,348 -5,741 -18,607 May -26,429 -5,852 -20,577 June -23,987 -5,438 -18,549 July -25,189 -5,717 -19,472 August -25,412 -5,968 -19,444 September -24,403 -5,438 -18,966 October -23,244 -5,418 -17,826 November -24,933 -5,556 -19,377 December -24,035 -5,115 -18,921 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) -397,885 -65,301 -332,585 Jan.- (R) -27,625 -5,766 -21,860 January (R) -27,625 -5,766 -21,860 February (R) -30,787 -5,466 -25,322 March (R) -30,545 -5,334 -25,211 April (R) -30,364 -5,460 -24,905 May (R) -32,844 -5,899 -26,946 June (R) -37,088 -5,902 -31,186 July (R) -36,415 -5,589 -30,826 August (R) -34,050 -5,623 -28,427 September (R) -31,145 -5,395 -25,749 October (R) -36,263 -5,357 -30,905 November (R) -36,884 -5,044 -31,840 December (R) -33,874 -4,466 -29,409 2000 Jan.- -38,478 -5,058 -33,420 January -38,478 -5,058 -33,420 February March April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________ Exports Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 859,152 6,899 852,253 Jan.- 71,505 654 70,851 January 71,505 654 70,851 February 71,005 578 70,427 March 70,762 573 70,190 April 69,787 602 69,185 May 69,321 568 68,753 June 70,256 544 69,713 July 69,446 570 68,876 August 71,433 609 70,824 September 72,326 592 71,733 October 74,687 539 74,148 November 74,630 499 74,131 December 73,995 572 73,423 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 930,387 7,142 923,246 Jan.- (R) 73,230 529 72,700 January (R) 73,230 529 72,700 February (R) 72,930 479 72,451 March (R) 72,998 520 72,478 April (R) 75,073 580 74,493 May (R) 75,475 603 74,872 June (R) 76,307 586 75,722 July (R) 77,973 537 77,436 August (R) 80,906 602 80,304 September (R) 81,030 635 80,395 October (R) 79,206 673 78,533 November (R) 80,593 661 79,932 December (R) 84,666 735 83,931 2000 Jan.- 81,794 661 81,133 January 81,794 661 81,133 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Total Census Non- Period Basis (1) Petroleum petroleum 1998 Jan.- Dec. 1,144,844 72,436 1,072,409 Jan.- 90,941 5,691 85,250 January 90,941 5,691 85,250 February 91,627 5,632 85,995 March 94,417 5,778 88,639 April 94,135 6,342 87,793 May 95,749 6,420 89,330 June 94,243 5,981 88,262 July 94,635 6,287 88,348 August 96,845 6,577 90,268 September 96,729 6,030 90,699 October 97,930 5,956 91,974 November 99,563 6,055 93,508 December 98,031 5,687 92,344 1999 Jan.-Dec.(R) 1,328,272 72,442 1,255,830 Jan.- (R) 100,855 6,295 94,560 January (R) 100,855 6,295 94,560 February (R) 103,717 5,945 97,772 March (R) 103,543 5,854 97,689 April (R) 105,438 6,040 99,398 May (R) 108,319 6,502 101,817 June (R) 113,396 6,488 106,908 July (R) 114,388 6,127 108,262 August (R) 114,956 6,225 108,731 September (R) 112,174 6,030 106,145 October (R) 115,469 6,031 109,438 November (R) 117,477 5,705 111,772 December (R) 118,541 5,201 113,340 2000 Jan.- 120,272 5,719 114,553 January 120,272 5,719 114,553 February March April May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data presented on a Census Basis. The information to convert to a BOP basis is not available. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. Part B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Exhibit 12. U. S. TRADE IN GOODS (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (R) Revised.) Balance Total Balance Total of Payments Census Period Basis Basis 1998 Jan.- Dec. -246,932 -229,758 Jan.- -16,270 -15,052 January -16,270 -15,052 February -14,196 -13,160 March -17,196 -15,799 April -20,054 -19,069 May -18,371 -17,326 June -21,187 -19,924 July -26,094 -24,760 August -24,612 -22,594 September -24,302 -22,807 October -24,198 -22,399 November -21,754 -19,625 December -18,698 -17,245 1999 Jan.- Dec. -347,158 -330,078 Jan.- -20,600 -19,475 January -20,600 -19,475 February -21,991 -20,666 March -24,968 -23,704 April -23,966 -22,702 May -25,640 -24,284 June -31,276 -29,797 July -34,741 -33,512 August -33,578 -32,255 September -32,986 -30,975 October -33,532 -32,117 November -34,644 -33,047 December (R) -29,236 -27,545 2000 Jan.- -32,406 -30,710 January -32,406 -30,710 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month : -29,208 -27,489 ____________________________________ Exports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1998 Jan.- Dec. 670,246 -11,892 682,138 Jan.- 54,535 -637 55,172 January 54,535 -637 55,172 February 54,426 -808 55,234 March 61,410 -887 62,297 April 56,014 -660 56,675 May 55,918 -754 56,672 June 56,089 -905 56,994 July 50,604 -973 51,577 August 52,100 -1,320 53,420 September 54,681 -946 55,627 October 60,105 -1,208 61,313 November 56,787 -1,608 58,395 December 57,576 -1,186 58,762 1999 Jan.- Dec. 683,221 -11,993 695,213 Jan.- 51,430 -953 52,383 January 51,430 -953 52,383 February 52,330 -1,113 53,443 March 59,584 -1,038 60,622 April 56,256 -994 57,250 May 55,446 -1,143 56,589 June 56,751 -1,202 57,953 July 52,048 -1,032 53,080 August 56,666 -855 57,522 September 58,095 -1,149 59,244 October 61,406 -900 62,306 November 60,237 -676 60,913 December (R) 62,971 -938 63,909 2000 Jan.- 55,925 -1,013 56,938 January 55,925 -1,013 56,938 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month : 62,771 -934 63,705 ___________________________________ Imports Total Balance Total of Payments Net Census Period Basis Adjustments Basis 1998 Jan.- Dec. 917,178 5,282 911,896 Jan.- 70,804 580 70,224 January 70,804 580 70,224 February 68,621 228 68,394 March 78,606 511 78,096 April 76,068 325 75,744 May 74,289 291 73,998 June 77,276 358 76,918 July 76,698 361 76,337 August 76,713 699 76,014 September 78,983 549 78,434 October 84,303 592 83,712 November 78,541 522 78,020 December 76,274 267 76,007 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,030,379 5,087 1,025,292 Jan.- 72,029 171 71,858 January 72,029 171 71,858 February 74,321 213 74,109 March 84,553 226 84,326 April 80,223 271 79,952 May 81,086 213 80,873 June 88,027 277 87,750 July 86,788 197 86,591 August 90,244 468 89,776 September 91,081 863 90,219 October 94,937 514 94,423 November 94,881 922 93,960 December (R) 92,207 753 91,454 2000 Jan.- 88,332 683 87,649 January 88,332 683 87,649 February March April May June July August September October November December December data as published last month : 91,980 786 91,194 NOTE: See INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES for details concerning what is included in the Net Adjustments. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 13. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL END-USE CATEGORY JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (R) Revised.) Exports Total End-Use Commodity Category Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds , Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1999 Jan.- Dec. 683,221 -11,993 695,213 45,366 147,019 Jan.- 51,430 -953 52,383 3,540 10,754 January 51,430 -953 52,383 3,540 10,754 February 52,330 -1,113 53,443 3,591 10,962 March 59,584 -1,038 60,622 3,883 12,210 April 56,256 -994 57,250 3,590 11,928 May 55,446 -1,143 56,589 3,402 11,909 June 56,751 -1,202 57,953 3,571 12,017 July 52,048 -1,032 53,080 3,670 11,299 August 56,666 -855 57,522 3,667 12,518 September 58,095 -1,149 59,244 3,803 12,968 October 61,406 -900 62,306 4,450 13,365 November 60,237 -676 60,913 4,124 13,669 December (R) 62,971 -938 63,909 4,075 13,420 2000 Jan.- 55,925 -1,013 56,938 3,778 12,762 January 55,925 -1,013 56,938 3,778 12,762 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Exports Continued Total End-Use Commodity Category Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, etc Goods, Goods 1999 Jan.- Dec. 695,213 310,663 74,691 80,627 36,848 Jan.- 52,383 23,655 5,472 5,960 3,002 January 52,383 23,655 5,472 5,960 3,002 February 53,443 23,139 6,253 6,429 3,069 March 60,622 27,659 6,711 7,043 3,117 April 57,250 25,246 6,729 6,766 2,992 May 56,589 24,813 6,616 6,563 3,286 June 57,953 25,558 6,754 6,801 3,251 July 53,080 24,448 4,258 6,325 3,080 August 57,522 25,837 6,149 6,484 2,867 September 59,244 26,312 6,163 6,938 3,060 October 62,306 27,511 6,569 7,321 3,090 November 60,913 26,084 6,887 7,083 3,066 December (R) 63,909 30,401 6,132 6,915 2,966 2000 Jan.- 56,938 25,253 6,035 6,314 2,797 January 56,938 25,253 6,035 6,314 2,797 February March April May June July August September October November December ___________________________________ Imports Total End-Use Commodity Category Balance of Total Foods, Payments Net Census Feeds , Industrial Period Basis Adjustments Basis(1) Beverages Supplies(2) 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,030,379 5,087 1,025,292 43,588 221,629 Jan.- 72,029 171 71,858 3,425 14,972 January 72,029 171 71,858 3,425 14,972 February 74,321 213 74,109 3,290 14,355 March 84,553 226 84,326 3,689 17,036 April 80,223 271 79,952 3,581 17,398 May 81,086 213 80,873 3,706 18,127 June 88,027 277 87,750 3,795 18,455 July 86,788 197 86,591 3,509 19,030 August 90,244 468 89,776 3,568 20,128 September 91,081 863 90,219 3,550 19,919 October 94,937 514 94,423 3,781 20,565 November 94,881 922 93,960 3,819 20,831 December (R) 92,207 753 91,454 3,874 20,812 2000 Jan.- 88,332 683 87,649 3,553 21,494 January 88,332 683 87,649 3,553 21,494 February March April May June July August September October November December ____________________________________ Imports Continued Total End-Use Commodity Category Census Capital Automotive Consumer Other Period Basis(1) Goods Vehicles, etc Goods, Goods 1999 Jan.- Dec. 1,025,292 296,898 179,697 239,587 43,893 Jan.- 71,858 20,832 12,685 16,773 3,170 January 71,858 20,832 12,685 16,773 3,170 February 74,109 21,575 14,378 17,384 3,127 March 84,326 25,114 16,297 18,301 3,888 April 79,952 23,195 14,448 17,668 3,661 May 80,873 23,322 14,688 17,628 3,403 June 87,750 26,085 15,486 20,322 3,607 July 86,591 25,333 13,173 21,828 3,720 August 89,776 25,066 14,821 22,302 3,891 September 90,219 25,508 14,826 22,675 3,741 October 94,423 26,466 16,081 23,554 3,976 November 93,960 27,024 16,461 21,910 3,915 December (R) 91,454 27,377 16,353 19,242 3,796 2000 Jan.- 87,649 24,380 15,339 19,203 3,680 January 87,649 24,380 15,339 19,203 3,680 February March April May June July August September October November December (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Includes petroleum products. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 14. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS -- 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (X) Not applicable. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) Balance Item(1) January December 2000 1999 Total Balance of Payments Basis -32,406 -29,236 (R) Net Adjustments -1,696 -1,691 (R) Total Census Basis -30,710 -27,545 (R) North America -6,057 -4,328 Canada -4,290 -3,449 Mexico -1,767 -879 Western Europe -3,587 -3,886 Euro Area (2) -3,671 -2,982 European Union -3,861 -3,897 Austria -80 -52 Belgium 271 333 Finland -149 -125 France -850 -407 Germany -2,341 -2,726 Italy -1,027 -999 Netherlands 784 900 Spain -24 280 Sweden -271 -408 United Kingdom 50 -420 Other EU -223 -273 European Free Trade Association 157 9 Norway -193 -239 Switzerland 380 272 Other EFTA -29 -24 Other Western Europe 117 3 Eastern Europe/FSR -557 -695 Hungary -114 -171 Poland -27 -2 Former Soviet Republics -347 -430 Russia -306 -447 Other FSR -42 18 Other EE -69 -91 Pacific Rim Countries -15,704 -15,933 Australia 481 516 China -6,030 -5,606 Japan -5,576 -6,965 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) -2,536 -1,800 Hong Kong -56 309 Korea -1,002 -809 Singapore -182 -53 Taiwan -1,295 -1,248 Other Pacific Rim(3) -2,043 -2,078 South/Central America -1,213 -864 Argentina 75 187 Brazil -79 36 Colombia -321 -333 Other S/C A (3) -887 -754 OPEC -2,671 -1,205 Indonesia(3) -504 -563 Nigeria -264 -332 Saudia Arabia -518 592 Venezuela(3) -978 -798 Other OPEC -407 -105 Other Countries -2,404 -1,986 Egypt 220 249 South Africa -45 -104 Other -2,578 -2,131 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) 47 Timing Adjustments (X) -56 ____________________________________ Exports Item(1) January December 2000 1999 Total Balance of Payments Basis 55,925 62,971 (R) Net Adjustments -1,013 -938 (R) Total Census Basis 56,938 63,909 (R) North America 21,215 22,260 Canada 13,415 13,681 Mexico 7,800 8,579 Western Europe 13,471 15,117 Euro Area (2) 8,072 9,878 European Union 11,728 13,496 Austria 173 189 Belgium 967 1,057 Finland 102 121 France 1,471 1,926 Germany 2,045 2,388 Italy 775 979 Netherlands 1,515 1,802 Spain 455 727 Sweden 354 354 United Kingdom 3,019 3,064 Other EU 850 889 European Free Trade Association 1,339 1,284 Norway 160 130 Switzerland 1,166 1,125 Other EFTA 13 29 Other Western Europe 404 337 Eastern Europe/FSR 650 457 Hungary 34 42 Poland 48 74 Former Soviet Republics 498 273 Russia 405 112 Other FSR 93 161 Other EE 70 68 Pacific Rim Countries 14,172 16,089 Australia 991 996 China 873 1,080 Japan 4,726 5,146 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 5,857 7,046 Hong Kong 906 1,193 Korea 1,965 2,324 Singapore 1,221 1,519 Taiwan 1,766 2,011 Other Pacific Rim(3) 1,724 1,821 South/Central America 4,283 4,672 Argentina 357 455 Brazil 1,018 1,039 Colombia 288 343 Other S/C A (3) 2,619 2,836 OPEC 1,600 3,046 Indonesia(3) 277 184 Nigeria 136 55 Saudia Arabia 600 1,545 Venezuela(3) 354 408 Other OPEC 232 854 Other Countries 2,179 2,607 Egypt 269 306 South Africa 200 214 Other 1,710 2,086 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) 47 Timing Adjustments (X) 204 ____________________________________ Imports Item(1) January December 2000 1999 Total Balance of Payments Basis 88,332 92,207 (R) Net Adjustments 683 753 (R) Total Census Basis 87,649 91,454 (R) North America 27,272 26,588 Canada 17,705 17,131 Mexico 9,567 9,458 Western Europe 17,058 19,003 Euro Area (2) 11,743 12,860 European Union 15,589 17,393 Austria 253 241 Belgium 696 723 Finland 251 246 France 2,321 2,333 Germany 4,385 5,115 Italy 1,802 1,979 Netherlands 731 901 Spain 480 446 Sweden 625 762 United Kingdom 2,970 3,484 Other EU 1,073 1,162 European Free Trade Association 1,182 1,275 Norway 353 369 Switzerland 786 853 Other EFTA 43 53 Other Western Europe 288 335 Eastern Europe/FSR 1,207 1,152 Hungary 147 213 Poland 75 77 Former Soviet Republics 845 703 Russia 711 559 Other FSR 134 144 Other EE 139 159 Pacific Rim Countries 29,875 32,023 Australia 510 480 China 6,903 6,685 Japan 10,302 12,112 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 8,393 8,847 Hong Kong 962 883 Korea 2,968 3,133 Singapore 1,403 1,572 Taiwan 3,061 3,259 Other Pacific Rim(3) 3,766 3,899 South/Central America 5,496 5,536 Argentina 283 268 Brazil 1,098 1,003 Colombia 609 676 Other S/C A (3) 3,507 3,591 OPEC 4,270 4,252 Indonesia(3) 781 746 Nigeria 400 387 Saudia Arabia 1,118 953 Venezuela(3) 1,332 1,206 Other OPEC 639 959 Other Countries 4,583 4,593 Egypt 49 57 South Africa 245 319 Other 4,288 4,217 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) (X) Timing Adjustments (X) 260 (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Countries included in Euro Area are also included in European Union. See page 27 for a list of countries. (3) This exhibit is not additive. Selected countries are included in more than one area grouping. Indonesia is included in both OPEC and Other Pacific Rim; Venezuela is included in both OPEC and Other South/Central America. (4) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and satellites that are not included in the country/area totals. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 14-A. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF GOODS BY SELECTED COUNTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS -- 1999 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (X) Not applicable. (R) Revised. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) Balance Item(1) January December 1999 1998 Total Balance of Payments Basis -20,600 -18,845 Net Adjustments -1,124 -1,453 Total Census Basis -19,475 -17,392 North America -3,937 -3,259 Canada -2,507 -1,986 Mexico -1,430 -1,273 Western Europe -1,364 -3,309 Euro Area (2) -1,554 -2,456 European Union -1,116 -3,154 Austria 52 -65 Belgium 200 372 Finland -88 -92 France -149 -275 Germany -1,586 -2,464 Italy -865 -1,031 Netherlands 893 1,017 Spain 53 45 Sweden -161 -530 United Kingdom 540 -108 Other EU -6 -24 European Free Trade Association -218 -231 Norway -66 -104 Switzerland -126 -72 Other EFTA -27 -55 Other Western Europe -30 76 Eastern Europe/FSR -319 -465 Hungary -76 -138 Poland 6 10 Former Soviet Republics -189 -300 Russia -153 -259 Other FSR -36 -42 Other EE -61 -37 Pacific Rim Countries -12,629 -11,608 Australia 420 429 China -4,877 -3,960 Japan -4,660 -5,834 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) -1,578 -536 Hong Kong 92 336 Korea -527 271 Singapore 85 4 Taiwan -1,227 -1,147 Other Pacific Rim(3) -1,933 -1,708 South/Central America 671 1,094 Argentina 194 244 Brazil 344 495 Colombia -119 -45 Other S/C A (3) 251 400 OPEC -880 -111 Indonesia(3) -655 -304 Nigeria -183 -125 Saudia Arabia 173 457 Venezuela(3) -169 -204 Other OPEC -46 66 Other Countries -1,797 -261 Egypt 180 269 South Africa -68 187 Other -1,909 -717 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) 20 ____________________________________________________________ Exports Item(1) January December 1999 1998 Total Balance of Payments Basis 51,430 57,429 Net Adjustments -953 -1,186 Total Census Basis 52,383 58,615 North America 18,109 18,986 Canada 12,106 12,481 Mexico 6,002 6,505 Western Europe 13,091 13,751 Euro Area (2) 8,374 9,255 European Union 12,237 12,639 Austria 271 160 Belgium 939 1,057 Finland 124 133 France 1,702 1,732 Germany 1,980 2,455 Italy 730 790 Netherlands 1,504 1,676 Spain 468 489 Sweden 330 280 United Kingdom 3,248 2,903 Other EU 940 964 European Free Trade Association 634 812 Norway 106 145 Switzerland 513 653 Other EFTA 15 14 Other Western Europe 220 300 Eastern Europe/FSR 297 433 Hungary 36 42 Poland 65 63 Former Soviet Republics 143 250 Russia 81 176 Other FSR 62 74 Other EE 52 77 Pacific Rim Countries 13,088 15,416 Australia 828 902 China 779 1,362 Japan 4,629 4,643 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 5,356 6,721 Hong Kong 901 1,120 Korea 1,526 2,381 Singapore 1,482 1,541 Taiwan 1,447 1,679 Other Pacific Rim(3) 1,495 1,789 South/Central America 4,444 5,294 Argentina 379 442 Brazil 1,109 1,343 Colombia 279 371 Other S/C A (3) 2,676 3,138 OPEC 1,556 2,189 Indonesia(3) 135 413 Nigeria 88 70 Saudia Arabia 594 910 Venezuela(3) 450 406 Other OPEC 289 390 Other Countries 2,257 3,345 Egypt 222 317 South Africa 190 448 Other 1,845 2,580 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) 20 ____________________________________________________________ Imports Item(1) January December 1999 1998 Total Balance of Payments Basis 72,029 76,274 Net Adjustments 171 267 Total Census Basis 71,858 76,007 North America 22,046 22,245 Canada 14,613 14,467 Mexico 7,432 7,778 Western Europe 14,455 17,061 Euro Area (2) 9,928 11,711 European Union 13,353 15,793 Austria 219 225 Belgium 739 685 Finland 212 225 France 1,851 2,007 Germany 3,566 4,918 Italy 1,596 1,821 Netherlands 611 659 Spain 415 444 Sweden 491 810 United Kingdom 2,707 3,011 Other EU 947 988 European Free Trade Association 852 1,044 Norway 172 249 Switzerland 639 725 Other EFTA 41 69 Other Western Europe 250 224 Eastern Europe/FSR 616 898 Hungary 112 180 Poland 59 54 Former Soviet Republics 332 550 Russia 234 435 Other FSR 98 116 Other EE 113 114 Pacific Rim Countries 25,716 27,025 Australia 408 472 China 5,656 5,322 Japan 9,289 10,476 Newly Industralized Countries(NICS) 6,934 7,257 Hong Kong 809 784 Korea 2,054 2,110 Singapore 1,398 1,537 Taiwan 2,674 2,826 Other Pacific Rim(3) 3,428 3,497 South/Central America 3,773 4,200 Argentina 185 198 Brazil 765 848 Colombia 398 417 Other S/C A (3) 2,426 2,738 OPEC 2,436 2,300 Indonesia(3) 789 718 Nigeria 271 195 Saudia Arabia 421 453 Venezuela(3) 619 610 Other OPEC 336 325 Other Countries 4,054 3,606 Egypt 42 48 South Africa 258 261 Other 3,755 3,297 Uniden. ctys (4) (X) (X) (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Countries included in Euro Area are also included in European Union. See page 27 for a list of countries. (3) This exhibit is not additive. Selected countries are included in more than one area grouping. Indonesia is included in both OPEC and Other Pacific Rim; Venezuela is included in both OPEC and Other South/Central America. (4) The export totals reflect shipments of certain grains, oilseeds, and satellites that are not included in the country/area totals. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF GOODS BY PRINCIPAL SITC COMMODITY GROUPINGS - 2000 AND 1999 DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown. (R) Revised. (X) Not applicable. Note: This exhibit is not additive. See footnotes.) 2000 Item(1) January Exports Imports Total Total Balance of Payment Basis 55,925 88,332 Net Adjustments -1,013 683 Total Census Basis (2) 56,938 87,649 Manufactured goods (3) 45,436 73,285 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,119 3,072 Mineral fuels (3) 1,021 8,790 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 3,016 6,451 Airplane parts 1,150 424 Airplanes 2,391 730 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 22 201 Aluminum 279 618 Animal feeds 309 43 Artwork/antiques 157 652 Basketware, etc. 243 392 Cereal flour 96 131 Chemicals - cosmetics 341 237 Chemicals - dyeing 292 216 Chemicals - fertilizers 182 140 Chemicals - inorganic 377 453 Chemicals - medicinal 841 1,121 Chemicals - n.e.s. 860 410 Chemicals - organic 1,271 1,554 Chemicals - plastics 1,361 800 Cigarettes 191 11 Clothing 569 4,460 Coal 180 60 Coffee (-) 263 Copper 94 372 Cork, wood, lumber 352 695 Corn 410 8 Cotton, raw and linters 168 3 Crude fertilizers 127 110 Crude oil 135 5,849 Electrical machinery 6,142 7,585 Fish and preparations 125 702 Footwear 51 1,264 Furniture and bedding 315 1,424 Gem diamonds 68 921 General industrial mach 2,478 2,679 Glass 179 172 Glassware 53 133 Gold, nonmonetary 721 221 Hides and skins 101 8 Iron and steel mill prod 444 1,196 Jewelry 100 400 Lighting, plumbing 99 315 Liquified propane/butane 73 131 Live animals 71 111 Meat and preparations 616 286 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 940 1,214 Metal ores; scrap 304 374 Metalworking machinery 432 578 Mineral fuels, other 237 176 Natural gas 22 794 Nickel 34 103 Oils/fats, vegetable 88 98 Optical goods 259 264 Paper and paperboard 824 1,189 Petroleum preparations 351 1,680 Photographic equipment 342 443 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 536 610 Platinum 118 320 Pottery 7 121 Power generating mach. 2,460 2,587 Printed materials 361 266 Pulp and waste paper 325 266 Records/magnetic media 397 410 Rice 101 17 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 124 148 Rubber tires and tubes 192 410 Scientific instruments 2,079 1,406 Ships, boats 131 129 Silver and bullion 21 55 Soybeans 539 2 Spacecraft 102 53 Specialized ind. mach. 2,282 1,672 Sugar 11 Television, VCR, etc. 1,859 4,427 Textile yearn, fabric 711 1,189 Tobacco, unmanufactured 115 56 Toys/games/sporting goods 252 1,213 Travel goods 24 316 Vegetables and fruits 533 873 Vehicles 4,180 12,503 Watches/clocks/parts 24 234 Wheat 235 10 Wood manufactures 139 562 Re-exports 4,715 (X) Agricultural commodities 157 (X) Manufactured goods 4,502 (X) Mineral fuels 3 (X) ___________________________________ 1999 Item(1) December January Exports Imports Exports Imports Total Total Balance of Payment Basis 62,971(R) 92,207(R) 51,430 72,029 Net Adjustments -938(R) 753(R) -953 171 Total Census Basis (2) 63,909(R) 91,454(R) 52,383 71,858 Manufactured goods (3) 51,547 77,142 42,452 62,647 Agricultural commodities (3) 4,328 3,292 3,796 2,998 Mineral fuels (3) 1,086 8,083 676 3,939 Selected commodities (3) ADP equipment; office machine 4,017 7,753 3,182 5,929 Airplane parts 1,221 411 1,351 464 Airplanes 4,161 869 2,776 606 Alcoholic bev.,distilled 38 254 27 157 Aluminum 294 484 289 471 Animal feeds 353 46 302 43 Artwork/antiques 132 379 72 474 Basketware, etc. 268 392 210 321 Cereal flour 108 149 101 110 Chemicals - cosmetics 367 280 354 199 Chemicals - dyeing 298 216 245 171 Chemicals - fertilizers 211 130 248 155 Chemicals - inorganic 413 494 368 381 Chemicals - medicinal 906 1,263 857 991 Chemicals - n.e.s. 900 451 809 381 Chemicals - organic 1,409 1,676 1,152 1,766 Chemicals - plastics 1,461 824 1,244 665 Cigarettes 244 17 230 11 Clothing 521 4,382 608 4,179 Coal 150 53 185 56 Coffee 1 230 (-) 240 Copper 96 311 85 217 Cork, wood, lumber 344 693 350 580 Corn 414 5 343 11 Cotton, raw and linters 170 3 60 3 Crude fertilizers 139 99 111 96 Crude oil 113 5,682 44 2,413 Electrical machinery 6,933 8,181 5,648 5,981 Fish and preparations 157 851 112 662 Footwear 54 1,121 56 1,198 Furniture and bedding 336 1,398 342 1,230 Gem diamonds 47 760 8 712 General industrial mach 2,576 2,617 2,300 2,243 Glass 166 162 160 127 Glassware 69 146 50 113 Gold, nonmonetary 780 232 224 297 Hides and skins 93 8 88 7 Iron and steel mill prod 421 1,196 378 1,101 Jewelry 100 495 46 344 Lighting, plumbing 107 321 95 265 Liquified propane/butane 36 118 30 60 Live animals 69 226 36 98 Meat and preparations 580 288 448 223 Metal manufactures, n.e.s. 946 1,201 828 1,075 Metal ores; scrap 327 347 216 287 Metalworking machinery 498 613 360 557 Mineral fuels, other 263 96 187 66 Natural gas 23 734 18 541 Nickel 25 74 25 61 Oils/fats, vegetable 90 111 120 107 Optical goods 218 274 167 203 Paper and paperboard 840 1,118 731 1,024 Petroleum preparations 480 1,293 199 719 Photographic equipment 349 606 232 362 Plastic articles, n.e.s. 577 596 462 503 Platinum 50 380 53 259 Pottery 10 132 8 117 Power generating mach. 2,830 2,644 2,329 2,379 Printed materials 389 277 361 224 Pulp and waste paper 368 265 241 188 Records/magnetic media 540 445 486 294 Rice 83 18 110 19 Rubber articles, n.e.s. 119 149 103 125 Rubber tires and tubes 207 393 171 317 Scientific instruments 2,374 1,650 1,813 1,143 Ships, boats 72 76 104 114 Silver and bullion 13 46 26 51 Soybeans 554 2 507 3 Spacecraft (-) 67 56 (-) Specialized ind. mach. 2,265 1,780 1,831 1,757 Sugar 1 44 (-) 49 Television, VCR, etc. 2,559 4,845 1,771 2,887 Textile yearn, fabric 706 1,120 667 996 Tobacco, unmanufactured 62 93 114 69 Toys/games/sporting goods 290 1,282 240 1,123 Travel goods 27 321 20 276 Vegetables and fruits 611 825 554 914 Vehicles 4,397 13,528 3,763 10,330 Watches/clocks/parts 32 257 23 190 Wheat 285 15 280 27 Wood manufactures 156 512 125 441 Re-exports 4,903 (X) 3,609 (X) Agricultural commodities 114 (X) 123 (X) Manufactured goods 4,710 (X) 3,452 (X) Mineral fuels 17 (X) 5 (X) (1) Detailed data are presented on a Census basis. The information needed to convert to a BOP basis is not available. (2) Total exports (Domestic and Foreign) (3) Domestic exports SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 2000 (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.) Period Balance Exports Imports 1998 Jan.- Dec. 29,694 186,444 156,750 Jan.- 2,764 14,177 11,413 January 2,764 14,177 11,413 February 2,942 14,083 11,141 March 3,136 16,971 13,835 April 2,088 14,426 12,338 May 2,317 14,752 12,435 June 2,055 15,448 13,393 July 710 14,047 13,337 August 1,009 14,006 12,997 September 1,790 15,913 14,123 October 2,902 17,177 14,275 November 2,761 16,616 13,855 December 5,221 18,828 13,607 1999 Jan.- Dec. 19,362 200,008 180,646 Jan.- 3,465 15,533 12,069 January 3,465 15,533 12,069 February 2,381 14,921 12,541 March 3,532 18,039 14,507 April 2,359 16,064 13,705 May 1,706 15,688 13,982 June 746 16,541 15,795 July -365 15,609 15,974 August 1,144 16,552 15,408 September 914 16,981 16,067 October 743 17,453 16,709 November -582 16,242 16,825 December 3,319 20,385 17,066 2000 Jan.- 1,696 16,386 14,691 January 1,696 16,386 14,691 February March April May June July August September October November December Note: Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1998 - JANUARY 2000 (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.) Quantity Value Quantity 1,000's Value Unit (1,000's (1,000's (1,000's of barrels (1,000's price Period of BBL's) of $) of BBL's) per day avg of $) ($) 1999 Jan.-Dec 4,076,511 65,674,567 3,223,755 8,832 50,661,646 15.72 Jan.- 330,815 3,192,483 262,434 8,466 2,412,950 9.19 January 330,815 3,192,483 262,434 8,466 2,412,950 9.19 February 316,359 3,092,851 247,595 8,843 2,343,134 9.46 March 332,325 3,614,500 263,476 8,499 2,748,139 10.43 April 353,330 4,693,856 274,232 9,141 3,485,593 12.71 May 353,672 5,295,479 275,289 8,880 4,003,468 14.54 June 369,728 5,491,895 290,410 9,680 4,217,774 14.52 July 353,327 5,826,389 277,017 8,936 4,435,369 16.01 August 357,411 6,575,316 281,061 9,066 5,001,610 17.80 September 340,135 6,829,485 274,202 9,140 5,351,367 19.52 October 330,323 6,953,342 264,306 8,526 5,481,262 20.74 November 329,595 7,015,800 263,070 8,769 5,499,049 20.90 December 309,492 7,093,172 250,664 8,086 5,681,930 22.67 2000 Jan.- 324,531 7,660,406 252,342 8,140 5,849,073 23.18 January 324,531 7,660,406 252,342 8,140 5,849,073 23.18 February March April May June July August September October November December (1) Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not available on a Balance of Payments Basis. These products include the following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations, and liquified propane and butane gas. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. PART B: NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED EXHIBIT 18. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS BY SELECTED COUNTRIES DATA (In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due rounding. (-) Represents zero or less than one half unit of measurement shown.) Exports Totals Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 5,998 6,044 Australia 72 81 Austria 72 80 Belgium 50 59 Brazil 24 22 Canada 3,562 3,523 Germany 140 133 Japan 218 239 Korea 39 38 Mexico 1,155 1,186 Saudia Arabia 45 41 Sweden 13 18 Taiwan 22 13 United Kingdom 143 129 Other 443 481 ___________________________________ Cars Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 1,132 1,311 Australia 9 22 Austria 3 1 Belgium 9 23 Brazil 1 3 Canada 614 728 Germany 65 51 Japan 51 49 Korea 1 1 Mexico 165 256 Saudia Arabia 27 17 Sweden 6 3 Taiwan 16 6 United Kingdom 29 22 Other 135 128 ____________________________________ Trucks Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 584 762 Australia 3 13 Austria (-) (-) Belgium 10 16 Brazil 1 (-) Canada 408 538 Germany 3 4 Japan 14 22 Korea (-) 1 Mexico 55 56 Saudia Arabia 7 9 Sweden (-) 1 Taiwan 2 1 United Kingdom 5 2 Other 76 100 ____________________________________ Parts Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 4,282 3,971 Australia 60 46 Austria 69 78 Belgium 31 20 Brazil 22 18 Canada 2,540 2,257 Germany 72 79 Japan 152 169 Korea 38 36 Mexico 935 874 Saudia Arabia 10 16 Sweden 7 13 Taiwan 4 6 United Kingdom 109 105 Other 232 253 ____________________________________ Imports Totals Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 15,403 16,244 Australia 77 23 Austria 20 17 Belgium 73 139 Brazil 109 118 Canada 5,607 5,392 Germany 1,516 1,654 Japan 3,296 4,220 Korea 486 430 Mexico 2,958 2,761 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) Sweden 125 230 Taiwan 103 101 United Kingdom 326 436 Other 708 723 ___________________________________ Cars Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 8,227 9,317 Australia 51 (-) Austria (-) 1 Belgium 56 114 Brazil (-) (-) Canada 3,076 2,987 Germany 1,142 1,327 Japan 2,200 3,092 Korea 386 352 Mexico 877 784 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) Sweden 101 207 Taiwan 3 6 United Kingdom 205 296 Other 130 152 ____________________________________ Trucks Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 1,677 1,755 Australia (-) (-) Austria (-) (-) Belgium 9 16 Brazil (-) (-) Canada 1,037 1,049 Germany 3 4 Japan 27 21 Korea 16 2 Mexico 547 618 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) Sweden 1 2 Taiwan 1 1 United Kingdom 18 29 Other 18 13 ___________________________________ Parts Country January December 2000 1999 TOTAL 5,499 5,172 Australia 26 23 Austria 20 16 Belgium 9 9 Brazil 109 118 Canada 1,494 1,356 Germany 371 323 Japan 1,068 1,108 Korea 84 76 Mexico 1,535 1,359 Saudia Arabia (-) (-) Sweden 22 21 Taiwan 99 95 United Kingdom 103 111 Other 561 557 Note: Data not available on a Balance Of Payments Basis. SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division. *** INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICE *** INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES GOODS CENSUS BASIS The Census basis goods data are compiled from the documents collected by the U.S. Customs Service and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. Foreign Trade Zones. They include government and non-government shipments of goods, and exclude shipments between the United States and its territories and possessions, transactions with U.S. military, diplomatic and consular installations abroad, U.S. goods returned to the United States by its Armed Forces, personal and household effects of travelers, and in-transit shipments. The General imports value reflects the total arrival of merchandise from foreign countries that immediately enters consumption channels, warehouses, or Foreign Trade Zones. For imports, the value reported is the U. S. Customs Service appraised value of merchandise; generally, the price paid for merchandise for export to the United States. Import duties, freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in bringing merchandise to the United States are excluded. Exports are valued at the f.a.s.- free alongside ship value of merchandise at the U.S. port of export, based on the transaction price including inland freight, insurance and other charges incurred in placing the merchandise alongside the carrier at the U.S. port of exportation. Monthly data include actual month's transactions as well as a small number of transactions for previous months. Each month we revise the aggregate seasonally adjusted (current and constant dollar) and unadjusted export, import and trade balance figures, as well as the end-use totals for the prior month. SITC and country detail data are not revised monthly. The timing adjustment shown in Exhibit 14 is the difference between monthly data as originally reported and as recompiled. Annual revisions for the months are made in June to reflect corrections received subsequent to the monthly revision. These revisions are reflected in totals, end-use, SITC and country summary data. The monthly end-use, commodity, and country and area data presented in this release are on a Census basis. This refers to Exhibits 6 - 18. U.S./CANADA DATA EXCHANGE AND SUBSTITUTION The data for U.S. exports to Canada are derived from import data compiled by Canada. The use of Canada's import data to produce U.S. export data requires several alignments in order to compare the two series. 1. Coverage -- Canadian imports are based on country of origin. U.S. goods shipped from a third country are included. U.S. exports exclude these foreign shipments. For January 2000, these shipment totaled $ 29.5 million. U.S. export coverage also excludes certain Canadian postal shipments. For January 2000, these shipments totaled $6.9 million. 2. Valuation -- Canadian imports are valued at point of origin in the United States. However, U.S. exports are valued at the port of exit in the United States and include inland freight charges, making the U.S. export value slightly larger. Canada requires inland freight to be reported. Inland freight charges for January 2000 account for 1.6 percent of the value of U.S. exports to Canada. 3. Reexports -- U.S. exports include reexports of foreign goods. Again, the aggregate U.S. export figure is slightly larger. For January 2000, reexports to Canada were $1,527 million. 4. Exchange Rate -- Average monthly exchange rates are applied to convert the published data to U.S. currency. For January 2000, the average exchange rate was 1.4486 Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar. 5. Other -- There are other minor differences which are statistically insignificant, such as rounding error. AREA GROUPINGS (See Exhibits 14 and 14A) North America - Canada, Mexico Western Europe - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Gozo, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia..European Union - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Euro Area - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain. European Free Trade Association - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland. Eastern Europe - Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Pacific Rim - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan. South/Central America - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela. OPEC - Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela. Adjustments for Seasonal and Working-Day Variations Goods are initially classified under the Harmonized System (HS) which describes and measures the characteristics of goods traded. Combining trade into approximately 140 export and 140 import end-use categories makes it possible to examine goods according to their principal uses (See Exhibits 7 and 8). These categories are used as the basis for computing the seasonal and working-day adjusted data. These adjusted data are then summed to the six end-use aggregates for publication (Exhibit 6). These data are provided to the Bureau of Economic Analysis for use in the Balance of Payments and the National Income and Product Accounts. The seasonal adjustment procedure is based on a model, which estimates the monthly movements as percentages above or below the general level of each end-use commodity series (unlike other methods that redistribute the actual series values over the calendar year). Imports of petroleum and petroleum products are adjusted for the length of the month. Because of the extremely variable movements of the data series for aircraft, users studying data trends may wish to analyze aircraft separately from other trade. Adjustments for Price Change Data adjusted for seasonal variation on a constant dollar basis (1992=100 ) are presented in Exhibits 10 and 11. This adjustment for price change is done at the lowest end-use level possible, then summed to the six published end-use aggregates. The deflators are primarily based upon the monthly price indexes published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics using techniques developed for the National Income and Product Accounts by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. SITC Data Goods data appearing in Exhibit 15 are classified in terms of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Revision 3. Agricultural goods consist of non-marine food products and other products of agriculture which have not passed through complex processes of manufacture, such as raw hides and skins, fats and oils, and wine. A few goods such as essential oils, starches, casein, and albumin, considered to be agricultural by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have been excluded from agricultural goods and are included in manufactured goods where they are classified in the SITC. Manufactured goods conform to the SITC sections that include chemicals and related products, N.S.P.F.; manufactured goods classified chiefly by material; machinery and transport equipment; miscellaneous manufactured articles, N.S.P.F.; and goods and transactions not classified elsewhere. Reexports are foreign merchandise entering the country as imports, and at the time of exportation are in substantially the same condition as when imported. Reexports, included in overall export totals, appear as separate line items in Exhibit 15. Advanced Technology Products (ATP) About 500 of some 22,000 commodity classification codes used in reporting U.S. merchandise trade are identified as "advanced technology" codes and they meet the following criteria: 1. The code contains products whose technology is from a recognized high technology field (e.g., biotechnology). 2. These products represent leading edge technology in that field. 3. Such products constitute a significant part of all items covered in the selected classification code. The aggregation of the goods results in a measure of advanced technology trade which appears in Exhibit 16. This product and commodity-based measure of advanced technology differs from broader SIC industry-based measures which include all goods produced by a particular industry group, regardless of the level of technology embodied in the goods. Nonsampling error The goods data are a complete enumeration of documents collected by the U.S. Customs Service and are not subject to sampling errors; but they are subject to several types of nonsampling errors. The most significant of these include reporting errors, undocumented shipments, timeliness and data capture errors, and errors in the estimation of low-valued transactions. For a detailed discussion of errors affecting the goods data, see "U.S. Merchandise Trade Statistics: A Quality Profile" available on the INTERNET at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ or from the Foreign Trade Division. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (BOP) BASIS Goods on a Census basis are adjusted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis to goods on a BOP basis to bring the data in line with the concepts and definitions used to prepare the international and national accounts. Broadly, the adjustments include changes in ownership that occur without goods passing into or out of the customs territory of the United States. These adjustments are necessary to supplement coverage of the Census basis data, to eliminate duplication of transactions recorded elsewhere in the international accounts, and to value transactions according to a standard definition. The export adjustments include: U.S. military sales contracts - This deduction of U.S. military sales contracts is made because the Census Bureau has included these contracts in the goods data, but BEA includes them in the service category "Transfers Under U.S. Military Sales Contracts." BEA's source material for these contracts is more comprehensive, but has no distinction between goods and services. Private gift parcels. This addition is made for parcels mailed to foreigners by individuals through the U.S. Postal Service. (Only commercial shipments are covered in Census goods exports.) Gold exports, nonmonetary. This addition is made for gold that is purchased by foreign official agencies from private dealers in the United States and held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Census data only includes gold that leaves the customs territory. Some smaller adjustments are also made to exports: Deductions for repairs of goods, developed motion picture film, and military grant-aid. Additions for sales of fish in U.S. territorial waters, exports of electricity to Mexico, and vessels and oil rigs that change ownership for which no export document is filed. The import adjustments include: Inland freight in Canada. An addition is made for inland freight in Canada. Imports of goods from all countries are valued at the foreign port of export, including inland freight charges ("customs value"). In the case of Canada, this should be the cost of the goods at the U.S. border. However, the customs value for imports for certain Canadian goods is the point of origin in Canada. The BEA makes an addition for the inland freight charges of transporting these Canadian goods to the U.S. border to make the value comparable to the customs value as reported by all other countries. Insurance and freight charges for transporting goods to the United States from all other countries to the U.S. border are included in services by the BEA. (The same procedure is used for Mexico as an Other Adjustment, but is much smaller.) Gold imports, nonmonetary. This addition is made for gold sold by foreign official agencies to private purchasers out of stock held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Census data only includes gold that enters the customs territory. Imports by U.S. military agencies. This deduction of U.S. military sales contracts is made because the Census Bureau has included these contracts in the goods data, but BEA includes them in the service category "Direct Defense Expenditures". BEA's source material is more comprehensive, but has no distinction between goods and services. Some smaller adjustments are also made to imports: Deductions for repairs of goods, and developed motion picture film. Additions for imported electricity from Mexico, conversion of vessels for commercial use, and repairs to U.S. vessels abroad, and valuation of prepackaged software imports at market value. SERVICES The statistics are estimates of services transactions between foreign countries and the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories and possessions. Transactions with U.S. military, diplomatic, and consular installations abroad are excluded because they are considered to be part of the U.S. economy. Services are shown in seven broad categories. Types of services for imports and exports are the same for six of the seven categories. For the seventh, exports is "Transfers Under U.S. Military Sales Contracts" while for imports the category is "Direct Defense Expenditures". The following is a brief description of the types of services included in each category: Travel - Purchases of services and goods by U.S. travelers abroad and by foreign visitors to the United States. A traveler is defined as a person who stays for a period of less than 1 year in a country of which the person is not a resident. Includes expenditures for food, lodging, recreation, gifts, and other items incidental to a foreign visit. Passenger Fares - Fares paid by residents of one country to residents in other countries. Receipts consist of fares received by U.S. carriers from foreign residents for travel between the United States and foreign countries and between two foreign points. Payments consist of fares paid by U.S. residents to foreign carriers for travel between the United States and foreign countries. Other Transportation - Charges for the transportation of goods by ocean, air, waterway, pipeline, and rail carriers to and from the United States. Includes freight charges, operating expenses that transportation companies incur in foreign ports, and payments for vessel charter and aircraft rentals with crew.. Royalties and License Fees - Transactions with foreign residents involving intangible assets and proprietary rights, such as the use of patents, techniques, processes, formulas, designs, know-how, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, and manufacturing rights. The term "royalties" generally refers to payments for the utilization of copyrights or trademarks, and the term "license fees" generally refers to payments for the use of patents or industrial processes. Other Private Services - Transactions with affiliated foreigners, for which no identification by type is available, and of transactions with unaffiliated foreigners. (The term "affiliated" refers to a direct investment relationship, which exists when a U.S. person has ownership or control, directly or indirectly, of 10 percent or more of a foreign business enterprise's voting securities or the equivalent, or when a foreign person has a similar interest in a U.S. enterprise.) Transactions with unaffiliated foreigners consist of education services; financial services (includes commissions and other transactions fees associated with the purchase and sale of securities and noninterest income of banks, and excludes investment income); insurance premiums and losses; telecommunications services (includes transmission services and value-added services); and business, professional, and technical services. Included in the last group are advertising services; computer and data processing services; database and other information services; research, development, and testing services; management, consulting, and public relations services; legal services; construction, engineering, architectural, and mining services; industrial engineering services; installation, maintenance, repair of equipment; and other services, including medical services and film and tape rental. Transfers Under U.S. Military Sales Contracts (Exports only) - Exports of goods and services in which U.S. Government military agencies participate. Includes both goods, such as equipment, and services, such as repair services and training, that cannot be separately identified. Direct Defense Expenditures (Imports only) - Expenditures incurred by U.S. military agencies abroad, including expenditures by U.S. personnel, payments of wages to foreign residents, construction expenditures, payments for foreign contractual services, and procurement of foreign goods. Includes both goods and services that cannot be separately identified. U.S. Government Miscellaneous Services - Transactions of U.S. Government nonmilitary agencies with foreign residents. Most of these transactions involve the provision of services to, or purchases of services from, foreigners; transfers of some goods are also included. Services estimates are based on quarterly, annual, and benchmark surveys and partial information generated from monthly reports. Service transactions are estimated at market prices. Estimates are seasonally adjusted when statistically significant seasonal patterns are present. No country or area detail is available due to the lack of adequate source data upon which to base estimates. The revision policy is as follows: Each month a preliminary estimate will be released for the current month and a revised estimate for the immediately preceding month. After a revised month is released, no further changes will be made until the quarterly international transactions estimates, based on more complete source data, are released. The first monthly release that follows the quarterly international transactions release will contain revised estimates for the previous six months, in order to align the monthly estimates with the quarterly estimates. Annual revisions for the months and quarters are made in June, which incorporate updated source data and changes in estimating methodologies. Quarterly and annual estimates of services are included as part of the U.S. international transaction accounts, published in the April, July, October, and January issues of the Survey of Current Business. The next release is scheduled for June 20, 2000. The Survey is available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY. The FT900 and supplement are available on the following; INTERNET The U. S. International Trade in Goods and Services reports for the current month and previous years are available at: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ STAT-USA The U.S. Department of Commerce's electronic information facility. Call 1 800 STAT-USA for product information. Additional data and information on goods are obtainable from: Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 20233 Additional data and information on services are obtainable from: Balance of Payments Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis Washington, D.C. 20230 Monthly FT-900 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Release dates for 2000: 03-21-00, 04-19-00, 05-19-00, 06-20-00, 07-19-00, 08-18-00, 09-20-00, 10-19-00, 11-21-00, 12-19-00, 01-19-01, 02-21-01 SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-46), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, January 2000. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.